#ctenophore

[alexriesart]

Two pieces of real world anatomy art I did for fun many years ago!

About as alien as you can get.

#illustration #jellyfish #nature #sea urchin #ctenophore #comb jelly

[sarahmackattack]

Ctenophores have got to be one of the most under rated denizens of the Jersey Shore. Rainbows by day, glow sticks by night. Why is everyone not hyping the ctenophore?!

#ctenophore #cool critters #critters #ocean #marine biology #there are many benefits to being a marine biologist #sealife #sea life #marine life #rainbow spaceship my beloved

[mbari-blog]

Ctenophore rainbow ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Lampocteis cruentiventer

Aulacoctena sp.

Lobata sp.

Llyria sp.

Thalassocalyce inconstans

Ctenophores  are mysterious ocean drifters. They are extremely diverse, living from the equator to the poles and from the ocean surface to more than 7,000 meters, or more than four miles, down. Colorful, translucent, and delicate, these predators glide through ocean waters capturing other animals, typically using their long, sticky tentacles.⁠

Scientists have described more than 200 ctenophore species. They come in an assortment of shapes, sizes, colors, and patterns. Some are small, while others can be quite large—growing larger than a football. All play an integral role in ocean ecosystems.

#ctenophore #comb jelly #ocean #deep ocean #marine biology #marine life #science #ocean science #mbari

[herpsandbirds]

Deep Sea Comb Jelly (Duobrachium sparksae), Order Cydippida, encountered 3,910 m deep, about 40 km off the coast of Puerto Rico

Described/discovered in 2015.

photograph via: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research

See video here:

Combing the Deep: NOAA's Discovery of a New Ctenophore (youtube.com)

#ctenophore #comb jelly #cydippida #ocean #animals #nature #caribbean

[noncompliantcyborg]

#tumblr polls #polls #marine life #sea creatures #tag yourself #science #marine biology #ocean #ctenophore #larvacean #siphonophore #sea urchins

[noosphe-re]

Beroe abyssicola via Aquatilis

#comb jelly #nature #bioluminescence #ctenophore #marine biology #jellyfish #science #beauty #marine #ocean #sea #comb jellies #ctenophora

[willtheweaver]

#poll #wet beast wednesday #spooky #halloween #ctenophore #cnidarians #crustaceans #crabs #elasmobranch #sharks #chimera #rays #fish #cephalopods #squid #marine animals #marine life #marine biology

[dinoserious]

day 9, The Walnut. or american comb jelly i guess

#invertober #comb jelly #ctenophore #marine life #invertebrate

[ceruleanmoonjellies]

Ctenophores are more commonly known as Comb jellies, are marine invertebrates and resemble Cnidarians with a few notable similarities. Such as, lacking true organs, being mostly water, hollow gut, carnivorous behavior, tentacles, and are both diploblastic (having a body w/ only two embryonic layers). Many differences too though, like all cnidarians have stinging cells in their tentacles called nematocysts or cnidocytes (even if their stinging power isn’t always strong) but ctenophora have tentacles lined with sticky cells (colloblasts) so that they can catch prey. They also have different body shapes, Cnidarians that we consider jellyfish are radially symmetrical but Ctenophora are biradially symmetrical.

They are argued by some to be sister groups or even closely related but honestly jellyfish are closer to sea anemone than comb jellies based on our current evidence.

#ctenophora #ctenophore #comb jelly #combjellies #comb jellies #cnidaria #cnidarians #jellyfish #jellies #ceruleanmoonjellies #marine science #marine biology #can you tell im hyperfixating #might be wrong though

[sevgrestuanghr]

Ctenophora

#ctenophora #ctenophore #marine biology #watercolor #artists on tumblr

[sarahmackattack]

We were trying to take nice pictures of this sea gooseberry, but no, he insisted on breakdancing.

Over time the gooseberry eventually straightened out.

My stepbrother Nick likes doing handstands on vacation, I like taking pictures of comb jellies.

#ctenophore #comb jelly #gooseberry #marine lab #marine biology #sealife #ocean life #oceans #marine science #marine invertebrates #invertebrates #new jersey

[typhlonectes]

A pretty pink color offers clever camouflage for the abyssal comb jelly

The abyssal comb jelly (Beroe abyssicola) patrols the midnight zone searching for its favorite food—other comb jellies. But this predator prowls in dark depths, where most animals can produce bioluminescence. A glowing gut would invite the attention of other predators. The crimson color of this comb jelly’s stomach absorbs the light produced by bioluminescent prey. 

MBARI researchers have learned that gelatinous animals like Beroe have a large impact on deep-sea food webs. Our archive of nearly 28,000 hours of deep-sea video contains hundreds of observations of deep-sea animals feeding. Examining these observations in detail revealed that jellies, comb jellies, and siphonophores are important as both predators and prey in the ocean’s midnight zone.

https://www.mbari.org/products/creature-feature/abyssal-comb-jelly/

via: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute 

#ctenophore #comb jelly #deep sea #ocean #marine biology #animals #nature #science #video

[harrelltut]

The ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi (sea walnut) in our laboratory in Bergen, Norway.

#youtube #pawel burkhardt #mnemiopsis leidyi #ctenophore #harrelltut.com #quantumharrelltech.com

[noncompliantcyborg]

No one expects the jamfish inquisition!

My name is Jamie, and my name is a pun about ctenophores, which are not jellyfish. The ctenophores pictured above are the likely sister taxa to all other animals, branching off the evolutionary tree before even sponges. They'd have independently developed nerves and muscle. The pinks ones here are sort of cannibals - they eat other ctenophores by swallowing them whole.

I'm taking a chance blazing this post because I want more people to know about and appreciate ctenophores, and because I'm also starting from scratch here after years away and am hoping to find community and an audience for my work.

I'm a disabled queer marine scientist currently looking for accessible work and selling my photography and embroidery to try and cover medical bills in the meantime. If you are a fellow creative and/or ocean enthusiast, I would love if you said hi. I so appreciate anyone checking out or sharing my work:

Art Prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/noncompliantcyborg/

Embroidery: https://shop.noncompliantcyborg.com/

#ctenophore #ocean #marine biology #comb jelly #small business #art shop #new here #salish sea #my marine life photos #my photography

[kelporama]

A tender ctene

Lobate ctenophores swim around and use their pillowy lobes to capture and engulf other gelatinous beings

Imagine that. Something so simple and so complex, just drifting in the water this spring.

#marine life #nature #ctenophore #comb jelly

[dino19artworks]

old oc, their name is Oswald and he is very silly

main sona stuff

ctenophora sona!!! I dont have a colored version yet but heres the old colored version just so u have an idea of what they look like :

aaannd I can't fit anymore images XD

#ocs #old oc #brazilian artists #artists on tumblr #my art #art #queer artist #illustration #furry art #traditional art #traditional drawing #digital art #sona art #fursona #ctenophore