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| Monterey Bay Aquarium |
Amazingly fragile yet deadly, comb jellies aren't jellyfish at all, and their colors reveal themselves only when artificial light is shined on them, which means hardly ever. But what they are is amazing predators, all 200 or so species of them. Some hunt jellyfish. Some are parasites. Some have red guts, and some have serrated teeth (story, slideshow):
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/absurd-creature-week-comb-jelly-puts-one-hell-laser-show-man/#x
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