Mertensia ovum
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title:
Mertensia ovum
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Mertensia ovum, also known as the Arctic comb jelly or sea nut, is a cydippid comb jelly or ctenophore first described as Beroe ovum by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1780. It is the only species in the genus Mertensia. Unusually among ctenophores, which normally prefer warmer waters, it is found in the Arctic and adjacent polar seas, mostly in surface waters down to 50 metres (160 ft). In addition to being weakly bioluminescent in blues and greens, comb jellies produce a rainbow effect similar to
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Species of comb jelly
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mertensia_ovum
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2023-08-19T19:54:55Z
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