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Giant Phantom Jellyfish (Stygiomedusa gigantea)

The giant phantom jellyfish, Stygiomedusa gigantea, is a rarely observed deep-sea scyphozoan found in oceans around the...

Pelagic Rare Giant Deep Sea

8.8 Great

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Warty Comb Jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)

The warty comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi, is a transparent marine ctenophore native to Atlantic coastal waters of the Ame...

Atlantic Bioluminescent Invasive Ctenophora

8.5 Great

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Deepstaria enigmatica

Deepstaria enigmatica is a deep-sea jellyfish recognized by its unusually thin, broad bell, which can fold into a baglik...

Pelagic Rare Deep Sea Scyphozoa

8.4 Great

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Bloodbelly Comb Jelly (Lampocteis cruentiventer)

The bloodbelly comb jelly, Lampocteis cruentiventer, is a deep-sea ctenophore known from the Pacific Ocean and formally...

Rare Red Deep Sea Bioluminescent

8.3 Great

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Halitrephes maasi

Halitrephes maasi is a deep-sea hydromedusa in the family Halicreatidae, known from the open ocean at substantial depths...

Pelagic Rare Colorful Deep Sea

8.1 Great

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Venus Girdle (Cestum veneris)

Cestum veneris, commonly called Venus's girdle, is a marine ctenophore rather than a true jellyfish. Its transparent, ri...

Pelagic Bioluminescent Ribbon Shaped Ctenophora

7.9 Good

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Haeckelia rubra

Haeckelia rubra is a species of cydippid ctenophore, a type of comb jelly, notable for exhibiting kleptocnidae—a biologi...

Pelagic Predatory Ctenophora Comb Jelly

7.4 Good

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Beroe forskalii

Beroe forskalii is a species of pelagic comb jelly belonging to the order Beroida. Lacking tentacles, this ctenophore is...

Pink Pelagic Predatory Ctenophora

7.3 Good

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Bathocyroe fosteri

Bathocyroe fosteri is a species of deep-sea lobate ctenophore commonly found in the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones o...

Rare Deep Sea Bioluminescent Ctenophora

7.3 Good

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Thalassocalyce inconstans

Thalassocalyce inconstans is a species of deep-sea comb jelly classified within the phylum Ctenophora. It is the sole re...

Large Rare Deep Sea Ctenophora

7.3 Good

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Bathycyroe fosteri

Bathycyroe fosteri is a deep-sea ctenophore (comb jelly) belonging to the family Bathyctenidae. Found in mesopelagic zon...

Rare Deep Sea Bioluminescent Ctenophora

7.2 Good

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Euplokamis dunlapae

Euplokamis dunlapae is a species of cydippid ctenophore, a type of comb jelly, first scientifically described in 1987. I...

Rare Deep Sea Predatory Ctenophora

7.1 Good

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Callianira antarctica

Callianira antarctica is a species of lobate ctenophore, commonly called a comb jelly, recorded from Antarctic and sub-A...

Rare Antarctic Cold Water Ctenophora

6.6 Fair

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Beroe abyssicola

Beroe abyssicola is a species of beroid ctenophore, commonly called a comb jelly, described by Th. Mortensen in 1927. It...

Rare Deep Sea Predatory Ctenophora

6.6 Fair

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Aulacoctena acuminata

Aulacoctena acuminata is a marine ctenophore, or comb jelly, described by Mortensen in 1932. It is the only species in t...

Rare Deep Sea Ctenophora Comb Jelly

6.4 Fair

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Bathyctena chuni

Bathyctena chuni is a marine comb jelly, or ctenophore, in the family Bathyctenidae and order Cydippida. Moser described...

Rare Deep Sea Bioluminescent Ctenophora

6.4 Fair

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Hormiphora plumosa

Hormiphora plumosa is a species of cydippid ctenophore, commonly called a comb jelly rather than a true jellyfish. It li...

Pelagic Widespread Ctenophora Comb Jelly

6.4 Fair

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Deiopea kaloktenota

Deiopea kaloktenota is a species of comb jelly, or ctenophore, in the family Eurhamphaeidae. It is the sole recognized s...

Pelagic Rare Deep Sea Ctenophora

6.4 Fair

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Charistephane fugiens

Open-ocean lobate ctenophore with a highly transparent body; its epithet 'fugiens' (Latin: fleeing) alludes to its rapid...

Rare Deep Sea Unusual Ctenophora

6.3 Fair

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Dryodora glandiformis

Dryodora glandiformis is a small pelagic comb jelly in the order Cydippida. It has a solid, compact body, eight comb row...

Rare Deep Sea Benthic Ctenophora

6.2 Fair