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Dieren en planten

Invertebrates   Comb jellies   Sea gooseberry   Moon jelly   Marine fauna   The fauna coastal waters   Sea walnut   

Sea gooseberry

size:

up to 3 centimeters

color:

transparent

food:

zooplankton, particularly copepods, other sea gooseberries

enemies:

melon jelly

reproduction:

a sea gooseberry is both male and female

  • Dut: Zeedruif
  • Lat: Pleurobrachia pileus
  • Eng: Sea gooseberry
  • Ger: Seestachelbeere
  • Dan: Stikkelsbærgopler
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Sea gooseberry, foto fitis, sytske dijksen

Sea gooseberry

Sea gooseberries are about as large and slippery as a peeled gooseberry. They can actively move around, although not very quickly. They have 8 rows of swimming plates on their body. Should you happen to shine a light on a swimming sea gooseberry while diving, you will see the plates light up with the wave movements. They can color all the variations in a rainbow. If you look closely on the beach, you may find some stranded by the waterline. You don't have to worry about being stung by a sea gooseberry. It doesn't have stinging cells.

  • Distribution and habitat
    Sea gooseberry, foto fitis, sytske dijksen

    Sea gooseberries are very common in Dutch coastal waters. Particularly in the spring, the North Sea can be filled with them and many will wash ashore.