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sea gooseberry
noun
a comb jelly, especially of the genus Pleurobrachia.
sea gooseberry
noun
any of various ctenophores of the genus Pleurobrachia and related genera, having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia and hairlike tentacles
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The researchers mapped the full genetic code of the Pacific sea gooseberry, the nickname for a comb jelly species known as Pleurobrachia bachei.
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For example, microRNAs, which regulate gene expression in other animals, are completely missing from the sea gooseberry genome.
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Nearly all known nervous systems use the same ten primary neurotransmitters; the Pacific sea gooseberry seems to employ just one or two.
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