Beroe

[From Lat. Beroe; Gr. Βεροὴ ( Beroe ).] 1. Cla . Myth. & History: A daughter of Also the name of several women Ocean us connected with Thrace, Illyria, . 2. Zool.: A genus of animals, the typical one of the family Beroidæ (q.v.). The Beroes are oval or globular-ribbed animals, transparent and gelatinous, with cirri from pole to pole, and two long tentacles fringed with cirri, which aid them in breathing and in locomotion. They have a mouth, a stomach, and an anal aperture. They are free swimming organisms inhabiting the sea, sometimes rotating, and at night phosphorescent.