Mysterious and beautiful, these little-known animals trap their prey as they drift in the surface waters of the sea. Some use elaborate fishing lines and some give off an eerie light in the dark waters.
These animals must not be confused with jellyfish. Comb jellies’ bodies are not umbrella-shaped and they lack stinging cells. Most have oval or rounded transparent, jellylike bodies, but a few are ribbonshaped. They are predators. Those that “fish” release their two tentacles (fishing lines) from pouches, one on either
