There are only a few “gooseberry” jellies in the Pacific Northwest and this is perhaps the most common. It’s more globe-like, circular form initially differentiates it from the two other less common oval-shaped ctenophores, the Euplokamis dunlapae and the undescribed Cydippida (For more information on plylum Ctenophore, UC Berkeley’s Museum of Paleontology offers a quick and easily understood introduction).