Beroe cucumis

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Beroe cucumis

comb jelly

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>Beroe cucumis is pink and the Venus’s girdle (Cestum veneris) is delicate violet. The colourless species are transparent when suspended in water, except for their beautifully iridescent rows of comb plates. Most of the comb jellies are bioluminescent; they exhibit nocturnal displays of bluish or…
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>Beroe cucumis is pink and the Venus’s girdle (Cestum veneris) is delicate violet. The colourless species are transparent when suspended in water, except for their beautifully iridescent rows of comb plates. Most of the comb jellies are bioluminescent; they exhibit nocturnal displays of bluish or…
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