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Phyllorhiza punctata is a species of jellyfish, also known as the floating bell, Australian spotted jellyfish, brown jellyfish or the white-spotted jellyfish. It is native to the western Pacific from Australia to Japan, but has been introduced widely elsewhere.
Rhizostoma pulmo, commonly known as the barrel jellyfish, [1] the dustbin-lid jellyfish or the frilly-mouthed jellyfish, is a scyphomedusa in the family Rhizostomatidae. [2] It is found in the northeast Atlantic , and in the Adriatic , Mediterranean Sea , Black Sea and Sea of Azov .
Aequorea victoria, also sometimes called the crystal jelly, is a bioluminescent hydrozoan jellyfish, or hydromedusa, that is found off the west coast of North America.. The species is best known as the source of aequorin (a photoprotein), and green fluorescent protein (GFP); two proteins involved in bioluminescence.
Catostylus mosaicus is also known as the jelly blubber or blue blubber jellyfish. [1] The jelly blubber is distinguishable by its color, which ranges from light blue to a dark blue or purple, and its large (250-300mm [ 2 ] ), rounded bell which pulses in a staccato rhythm. [ 1 ]
Over 100 cannonball jellyfish dot the shoreline on Hilton Head Island on April 19, 2021. The jellyfish, which don’t sting, wash up each year in spring and early summer.
Lobonema smithii is most notably noted for its gelatin production, as the main feature of this jellyfish is that it is edible. The lobonema is an integral part to the Thai fishery export due to this jellyfish being edible. Its characteristic high collagenous protein has made itself subject to multiple studies as a potential source of gelatin. [6]
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