• Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Ctenophora
  • Class: Tentaculata
  • Order: Cydippida
  • Family: Pleurobrachiidae
  • Scientific name: Pleurobrachia pileus
  • Norwegian: sjøstikkelsbær

Characteristics:

The body is spherical or slightly oval with a maximum diameter of 25 mm. Two long tentacles, reaching as much as 20 times the body diameter, can be retracted into pockets inside its body. On each tentacle there is a lateral row of fine filaments.

Habitat:

It inhabits shallow waters, from the surface to a rare maximum of 200 metres.

Distribution:

North Atlantic Ocean.