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Venus girdle

Cestum veneris

Description:

Long transparent gelatinous creature. About 50 cm in length. Moving through water serpentine like.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Machi
Machi 8 years ago
Venus Girdle
Cestum veneris Cestum veneris | Zooplankton Guide


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4 Comments

Marek Koszorek
Marek Koszorek 8 years ago

I think, you are correct :) after reading description it should be it. And since last few years we have more and more species migrating from Red Sea to Mediterranean it is possible.

Machi
Machi 8 years ago

It is a little hard to see, so I can't be sure. Please confirm with other sources

Marek Koszorek
Marek Koszorek 8 years ago

I did think so, but it looked more like this http://species-identification.org/specie... (Velamen parallelum) but it was way to big for description.

Chris Taklis
Chris Taklis 8 years ago

The shape looks like an eel.

Marek Koszorek
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Marek Koszorek

Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Μακεδονίας - Θράκης, Greece

Spotted on Jun 14, 2015
Submitted on Jun 14, 2015

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