Brilliant and seemingly glowing, the bloody-belly comb jelly comes in different shades of red but always has a blood-red stomach. The sparkling display on the outside comes from light diffracting and refracting off tiny transparent, hairlike cilia.

Lampocteis is a monotypic genus of comb jellies, the only genus in family Lampoctenidae. The sole species in this new genus is Lampocteis cruentiventer , the bloodybelly comb jelly . This ctenophore was first collected in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California , in 1979.

Red is nearly invisible in the deep sea, so the vibrant crimson that gives this comb jelly its name is actually helping it hide from its predators. Bloody-belly comb jellies are ctenophores, not true jellies.

2024年4月26日 · Bloody-belly comb jellies are distinguished by their red stomachs. The intriguing red color of this jelly serves multiple purposes related to its survival and adaptation.

2023年3月19日 · The aptly named bloody-belly comb jelly (Lampocteis cruentiventer) has been spotted in waters ranging from 984 to 9,842 feet deep, with most observations occurring at depths of around 1,640...

Sit back and take a deep sea breath of relaxocean with twelve hours of bloody-belly comb jelly (Lampocteis cruentiventer) and ambient music from the Monterey Bay Aquarium's "Into The...

2022年10月29日 · The aptly named bloody-belly comb jelly (Lampocteis cruentiventer) has been spotted in waters ranging from 984 to 9,842 feet deep, with most observations occurring at depths of around 1,640...

The bloody-belly comb jelly has a blood-red stomach, but at the dark depths where it lives, it's nearly invisible to predators.

These blood red jellies are nearly invisible to other animals. Bloodybelly comb jellies live in the twilight zone, where there is little light. At depths this deep, red coloration is helpful because …

2022年7月7日 · The Bloodybelly Comb Jelly is a species that inhabits the midwater regions of California, Canada, and Japan. It is small and adapted to an environment with little to no light. Mostly observed from remotely operated vehicles with 915 hits in the Monterey Bay Region, 1870 for the entire Pacific region.