Sea+Gooseberry


 * Phyla:** Ctenophora



__**Class:**__ Tentaculata


 * __Scientific Name:__** //Pleurobrachia pileus//


 * __Location:__** commonly found in the waters surrounding Europe.

__**Size:**__ up to 3 cm

__**Habitat:**__ found from shallow waters to considerable depth

__**Living Requirements:**__ Sea gooseberries capture their food with two sticky tentacles that expand outward into a net when the animal is relaxed. Once it has captured some food it spins like a rolling ball. This draws the tentacle across the mouth where the food is plucked from the sticky tentacle.

__**Life Cycle:**__ wholly planktonic and lack any sessile (attached) stages. Their life span is short-lived; 4-6 months.

__**Male & female differences:**__ they are unisexual

__**Facts:**__ If you shine a light on a swimming sea gooseberry, you will see the plates light up with the wave movements and the plates can be any color of the rainbow. Sea Gooseberries are also transparent.



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 * Zookeeper: Shaiann Etwara**