Comb Jellies - Wantabe jelly fish, but wonderful anyways

This discussion topic submitted by Leanna O'Grady ( leogrady@hotmail.com) at 2:00 pm on 3/9/01. Additions were last made on Wednesday, October 30, 2002.

Comb jellies are often confused as real jelly fish. In the past jelly fish have been viewed with disgust and fear. There really isn't anything disgusting or fearfully about comb jellies (most cannot sting). Comb jellies are a source of beauty, bioluminescent, and an improtant food source.

Comb Jellies
I. Varoius types of Comb Jellies and where found
A. Lobate comb jelly
B. Leidy's comb jelly
C. Common northern comb jelly
D. Beroe's comb jelly
II. Evolution of Comb jellies
A. Coelenterate
III. Life Cycle
IV. Biolumnescence
A. What makes them biolumnescent
B. Why be biolumnescent
V. Role in ecosytem of area
A. What they eat
B. Who eats them

Coulombe, Deborah. The Seaside Naturalist. New York:Fireside, 1992.

Barnes, R.D. Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia:Saunders College/Holt, 1980.

McConnaughey, B.H. Introduction to Marine Biology. St. Louis: C.V. Mosby, Co, 1974.

Meglitsch, P. Invertebrate Zoology. New York:Oxford University Press, 1967.

Smith, D.L. A Guide to Marine Coastal Plankton and Marine Invertebrate Larvae. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1977.

Human Source: Donna Stewert, Naturalist at Jekyll Island Environemental Education Center. Long time marine biologist (including the Keys)


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