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![A Pleurobranchia, commonly known as a comb jelly because of the rows offine hairs they use to swim fis00962.jpg A Pleurobranchia, commonly known as a comb jelly because of the rows offine hairs they use to swim](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_fis00962.jpg?itok=LMFgl1_t)
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A Pleurobranchia, commonly known as a comb jelly because of the rows offine hairs they use to swim. They use the tentacles sticking out from theside to feed on smaller plankton. (Image credit: NOAA Teacher at Sea Program, NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER; Kimberley Gogan Newport MS&HS;, Newport NH | Betsy Broughton)