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Aglantha digitale is a species of hydrozoan in the family Rhopalonematidae. It is found in the Arctic and sub-Arctic where it is one of the most common jellyfish. It is unusual in having both a slow swimming action, through pulsating its bell, and a rapid escape response.
The Ulmaridae are a family of jellyfish, which includes the famous moon jellies, and other jellyfish with unique characteristics like Tiburonia granrojo. Genera
Pelagia noctiluca is a jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae and the only currently recognized species in the genus Pelagia. [1] It is typically known in English as the mauve stinger, [3] [4] but other common names are purple-striped jelly (causing potential confusion with Chrysaora colorata), [5] purple stinger, purple people eater, [6] purple jellyfish, luminous jellyfish and night-light ...
A scale illustration of an Irukandji jellyfish and its tentacles.Below the jelly's medusa bell are two polyp forms of the species.. Irukandji jellyfish are very small, with a bell about 5 millimetres (0.20 in) to 25 millimetres (0.98 in) wide and four long tentacles, which range in length from just a few centimetres up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) in length.
The new species was identified by its tentacles, size, DNA and other subtle physical features, the study said. Researchers also discovered a second new species of jellyfish and documented dozens ...
They come in many different colors the most common are brown, clear, and blue. [3] They are found around Africa, Australia, Spain, and South Asia. A few have also been spotted near the equator in the Americas. [8] Sunfish, tuna, spiny dogfish, and sea turtles feed on many jellyfish of the Catostylidae family. [9]
Stauromedusae are the stalked jellyfishes.They are the sole living members of the class Staurozoa and belong to the medusozoa subphylum of Cnidaria.They are unique among medusa jellyfish in that they do not have an alternation of polyp and medusa life cycle phases, but are instead interpreted as an attached medusa stage, with a lifestyle more resembling that of polypoid forms.
Tiburonia is a genus of jellyfish in the family Ulmaridae.It was reported in 2003, following the discovery of its only species yet identified, Tiburonia granrojo.It was discovered by a crew from MBARI led by George Matsumoto. [2]