Pleurobrachia bachei

Pleurobrachia bachei
Pleurobrachia bachei with its oral end down.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Ctenophora
Class: Tentaculata
Order: Cydippida
Family: Pleurobrachiidae
Genus: Pleurobrachia
Species:
P. bachei
Binomial name
Pleurobrachia bachei
A. Agassiz, 1860

Pleurobrachia bachei is a member of the phylum Ctenophora and is commonly referred to as the Pacific sea gooseberry. These comb jellies are often mistaken for medusoid Cnidaria, but lack stinging cells.