This species is very transparent like most jellyfish of which it resembles but is not in the same phylum. It is oval-shaped and has four rows of very active ciliated combs that trace the body vertically and glow blue-green when disturbed. They do have several feeding tentacles that do not sting unlike their cousins the Cnidarians. Length: 7 to 12 cm (3 to 5 in) Diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in) Salinity: 2 to 38 psu Temperature: 2 to 32 C, (36 to 90 F) Water content: 97% Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Phylum: Ctenophora Class: Tentaculata Order: Lobata Family: Bolinopsidae Genus: Mnemiopsis Species: Mnemiopsis leidyi (A. Agassiz, 1865)
This species is very transparent like most jellyfish of which it resembles but is not in the same phylum. It is oval-shaped and has four rows of very active ciliated combs that trace the body vertically and glow blue-green when disturbed. They do have several feeding tentacles that do not sting unlike their cousins the Cnidarians. Length: 7 to 12 cm (3 to 5 in) Diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in) Salinity: 2 to 38 psu Temperature: 2 to 32 C, (36 to 90 F) Water content: 97% Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Phylum: Ctenophora Class: Tentaculata Order: Lobata Family: Bolinopsidae Genus: Mnemiopsis Species: Mnemiopsis leidyi (A. Agassiz, 1865)
