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Cat's eye

Pleurobrachia bachei A. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz, 1860

Status not recordedother invertebrates

The cat's eye (Pleurobrachia bachei) is a species in the family Cydippidae, order Cydippida.

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Quick facts about the cat's eye

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cat's eye live?

Not recorded

Is the cat's eye endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cat's eye classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumCtenophora
  3. classTentaculata
  4. orderCydippida
  5. familyCydippidae
  6. genusPleurobrachia
  7. SpeciesPleurobrachia bachei A. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz, 1860
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Pacific sea gooseberryEnglish
  • žebernatka americkáCzech
  • Pazifische SeestachelbeereGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cat's eye

Other species in the same genus Pleurobrachia.

Sea walnut

Pleurobrachia pileus

CydippidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the cat's eye?

The cat's eye (Pleurobrachia bachei) belongs to the family Cydippidae in the order Cydippida.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cat's eye (Pleurobrachia bachei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cats-eye

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“Cat's eye (Pleurobrachia bachei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cats-eye.

BibTeX
@misc{cats_eye_2026,
  title = {Cat's eye (Pleurobrachia bachei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cats-eye},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}