Balloon jellyfish (Hormiphora palmata)

Japanese: フウセンクラゲ(風船水母) - フウセンクラゲ(英語表記)Hormiphora palmata
Balloon jellyfish (Hormiphora palmata)
A ctenophore (illustration) of the family Polytminae of the class Tentacleata. A type of plankton commonly found in the seas around Japan. Its body is 1.5 to 4.5 cm long and balloon-shaped. There are eight rows of pecten plates along almost the entire length of its body, and it moves by finely moving these comb-like teeth. A pair of long tentacles grows from both sides of its body, with regularly-spaced branches. When the whole body shrinks, it is contained within a deep tentacle sheath that is in close contact with the oral canal.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
有触手綱テマリクラゲ科の有櫛(ゆうしつ)動物(イラスト)。日本近海にふつうに見られるプランクトンの一種。体は長さ1.5~4.5cmの細長い風船型。体表には8本の櫛板列がほぼ全長にわたって存在し,櫛(くし)の歯のような櫛板を細かく動かして移動する。体の両側から1対の長い触手を生ずるが,この触手には規則正しく枝が並んでおり,全体が縮むと口道管に密接している深い触手鞘(しよくしゆしよう)の中に納まってしまう。

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