Animation created by The Local Naturalist (www.thelocalnaturalist.com) and Studio Abachar (https://studio-abachar.myshopify.com/) for Dr. Mark Carr at University of California Santa Cruz. Funded by the National Science Foundation.

A fun video created to share on social media and spread information about Ctenophores in the genus Beroe.

Comb jellies, or Ctenophores, are an ancient phylum of semi-transparent creatures that inhabit our worlds oceans. They possess eight rows of cilia (hair-like filaments) that can beat independently and help them maneuver through the water column, Many are predatory, including those in the genus Beroe. Beroids consume their prey by biting off chunks with their mouths, or by swallowing prey whole!