Pacific Sea Gooseberry
Pleurobrachia bachei
Animalia
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 4-6 months
- Size
- Tiny
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Coastal ocean
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Swimming
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Rare
About
Pacific Sea Gooseberry lives in coastal waters near the Pacific Rim. Its body contains thousands of stinging filaments that can cause intense pain when touched.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA clearly-young animal, past the newborn phase but well short of full adult size.
- 2.adultFully grown.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Ctenophora
- Class
- Tentaculata
- Order
- Cydippida
- Family
- Cydippidae
- Genus
- Pleurobrachia
- Species
- Pleurobrachia bachei