Mouth of a small jellyfish

Jan l'Amie · Post by **Jan l'Amie** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:06 am

The mouth of a small jellyfish from the Northsea.

Fragment of the body.

Wim van Egmond · Post by **Wim van Egmond** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:28 am

That is probably a Ctenophore, or comb jelly, not related to true jelly fish. I am not sure if it is the mouth. This organism is often depicted upside down.

Wim

Jan l'Amie · Post by **Jan l'Amie** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 2:14 am

Thanks Wim. I'm not sure if this is the upper or bottom site but I noticed that tiny things going inside true the small tentacles so I thought it is the mouth. I think in Dutch we call this a ,,zeedruif,,.

Wim van Egmond · Post by **Wim van Egmond** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:21 am

My dutch is not so good, but in english it is called the sea gooseberry.

I have not seen these frills before, but it is as if the statocyst can be seen inbetween them. That would mean it is the top.

Wim

Jan l'Amie · Post by **Jan l'Amie** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 3:46 am

So it's not the mouth!

Thanks Wim.