Cigar comb jellies
- Scientific name
- Beroe sp.
- Phylum
- Ctenophora
- Class
- Nuda
- Sting-o-meter
- 0/5
Beroe are voracious predators of other gelatinous zooplankton, including ctenophores and salps. They can ingest their prey whole and often consume prey almost as large as themselves! They can also bite chunks from their prey using macrocilia, which line the mouth and function like teeth.
The ctenophore, Beroe sp. Credit Mark Norman.
