"The most singular of the <em>Callianiridae</em> is the Venus' Girdle, <em>Celestum Veneris</em>, which inhabits the Mediterranean, and which at first sight would be taken for any thing rather than a near relation of the globular <em>Cydippe</em>. In this curious creature the sides of the body are produced into a long ribbon, which sometimes attains the length of four or five feet; the mouth and digestive organs being, however, confined to their original position in the middle of he body." &mdash; Goodrich, 1859

Venus' girdle

"The most singular of the Callianiridae is the Venus' Girdle, Celestum Veneris, which…