Parasagitta euneritica

Taxon-Order: 
Aphragmophora

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Distribution: 
Eastern Pacific Ocean, southern half of the California Current.
Habitat: 
Neritic.
Size: 
10.5-16 mm
Diet: 
Copepods and other small crustaceans, larval fish.
Predators: 
Fish.
Useful Facts or Characters: 

Transparent body with collarette around head. Body slender, large eyes with star.  They are hermaphrodites, each bearing paired ovaries and testes.

References: 

http://academic.evergreen.edu/t/thuesene/chaetognaths/eastpacchaets.htm

Alvarino, A. (1961) Two new chaetognaths from the Pacific. Pacific Science 15: 67-77.