What is "pleurobrachia"

Pleurobrachia \Pleu`ro*brach"i*a\, n. [NL. See Pleuro-, and Brachium.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of ctenophores having an ovate body and two long plumose tentacles.

Pleurobrachia is a common genus of Ctenophora. Along with the genus Hormiphora, it generally has the common name sea gooseberry. It contains the following species:

• Pleurobrachia arctica Wagner, 1885
• Pleurobrachia australis (Benham, 1907)
• Pleurobrachia bachei L. Agassiz, 1860
• Pleurobrachia brunnea Mayer, 1912
• Pleurobrachia dimidiata Eschscholtz, 1829
• Pleurobrachia globosa Moser
• Pleurobrachia pigmentata Moser, 1903
• Pleurobrachia pileus (Müller, 1776)
• Pleurobrachia rhododactyla L. Agassiz, 1860
• Pleurobrachia rhodopis Chun, 1880
• Pleurobrachia striata Moser