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nk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_057C_01CE4C93.83FA1030 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Common names vary but sea grape, grape jellies, sea gooseberry, sea = walnut are all used for this comb jelly, which is why the scientific = names were developed. Laurie Murison Grand Manan, NB ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Tom & Terri=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] re sea gooseberry -- was ??Arctic Comb Jelly Paul and All=20 I've always heard and refer to them as "Grape Jellies". They resemble = a skinned grape was the reason I was told as a inquisitive child ant to = me it made since. Thus the name stuck. Most of the fishing community = that I know in eastern NS and eastern PEI all have the same name for the = collective group of these cold water Jelly Fish.=20 Tom Kavanaugh=20 Canso ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James W. Wolford=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 8:12 PM Subject: [NatureNS] re sea gooseberry -- was ??Arctic Comb Jelly Paul and all, I think your nice photo is of what most Maritimers = call "sea gooseberries" -- you were correct in calling it a comb jelly = (Ctenophora phylum), but the Latinized name, I think, is still = Pleurobrachia pileus. =20 Mertensia ovum is a new name for Beroe ovum, which is a comb jelly, = all right, but is a different one from our common "sea gooseberry"; also = Paul's site did not mention phylum Ctenophora for comb jellies, which = are distant cousins of jellyfish, sea anemones, & corals).=20 I Googled "sea gooseberry" and got: Sea Gooseberry - Pleurobrachia pileus - Seawater.no www.seawater.no/fauna/ctenophora/pileus.html - Cached 16 Mar 2013 ... Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Ctenophora; Class: = Tentaculata; Order: Cydippida; Family: Pleurobrachiidae; Scientific = name: Pleurobrachia ... Cheers from Jim, still in B.C. but on my way home..... --------------------------- =20 On 8-May-13, at 7:12 PM, Paul L wrote: Saw many Arctic Comb Jelly's today at the Bedford waterfront, they = are about 2-4cm and looked bioluminescent (or cilia refracted the sun?). = =20 Not sure of the identification, here's a decent close up photo of = a few of them: http://www.wildlifesightings.net/temp/ArcticCombJellyAquatic.html Paul Lindgreen Wildlife Sightings http://www.WildlifeSightings.net Contribute nature sightings and be part of citizen science ------=_NextPart_000_057C_01CE4C93.83FA1030 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18928"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Common names vary but sea grape, grape = jellies, sea=20 gooseberry, sea walnut are all used for this comb jelly, which is why = the=20 scientific names were developed.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Laurie Murison</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Grand Manan, NB</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dterri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:terri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca">Tom & Terri</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 09, 2013 = 8:41=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] re sea = gooseberry=20 -- was ??Arctic Comb Jelly</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><SPAN lang=3DEN> <P>Paul and All<FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"> = </FONT></P><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <P>I've always heard and refer to them as "Grape Jellies". They = resemble a=20 skinned grape was the reason I was told as a inquisitive child ant to = me it=20 made since. Thus the name stuck. Most of the fishing community that I = know in=20 eastern NS and eastern PEI all have the same name for the collective = group of=20 these cold water Jelly Fish.</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times = New Roman">=20 </FONT></P><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <P>Tom Kavanaugh</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"> = </FONT></P><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> <P>Canso</P></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=3D2 = face=3DArial></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Djimwolford@eastlink.ca = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">James=20 W. Wolford</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 08, 2013 = 8:12=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] re sea = gooseberry=20 -- w