comb-jelly

comb-jelly

See also: combjelly and comb jelly

English

Noun

comb-jelly (plural comb-jellies)

1. Alternative spelling of comb jelly
   • 1870, William Dallas, translation of Ernst Haeckel, “On the Organization of Sponges, and their Relationship to the Corals”, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, fourth series, volume 5, page 7:

     Comb-jellies (Ctenophoræ).

   • 1906, Henry R. Linville and Henry A. Kelly, A Text-Book in General Zoölogy, Ginn, page 271:

     The body of the comb-jelly is soft like that of the jellyfish, but the plan of structure and the organs are somewhat different.

   • 2000, Duncan Knowler and Edward B. Barbier, “The Economics of an Invading Species”, The Economics of Biological Invasions, Edward Elgar, →ISBN, page 71:

     This chapter explores the economic consequences of one such invasion with significant impacts on a valuable resident species: the introduction of the ctenophore (comb-jelly) Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Black Sea and its effects on the commercial anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) fishery.