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Blue jellyfish age can be identified by color of their bell. They tend to be pale in appearance when young, but mature to have a brightly purple-blue (some yellow) colored bell. Although it is similar to the lion's mane jellyfish , the blue jellyfish is not as large, and has a translucent bell.
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus is found on the east coast of North America in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and Mexico, and a disjunct population in Brazil. [4] It also occurs in the Pacific Ocean and has been reported from Hawaii and Australia.
Following a mass sighting in 2000 in the Gulf of Mexico, the species and the rest of its genus were put in their own family, a new subset of the true jellyfish. [1] They were originally thought to be a member of the same family as the lion's mane jellyfish, Cyanea capillata Linnaeus, but they were shown to have morphological and molecular ...
Myshel Rodenbeck, a lifeguard with Shore Beach Services on Hilton Head Island, shows her recent jellyfish sting on Coligny Beach on Aug. 25, 2016 . It’s not the first time she’s been stung ...
Drymonema larsoni is a species [3] that forms large, dangerous blooms in the northern area of the Gulf of Mexico. Drymonema larsoni get their name "pink meanie" from their predation and eating habits. The pink meanies were found to feed on the moon jellyfish (Aurelia sp.) in the northern section of the Gulf of Mexico. [3]
Blue gelatinous creatures known as by-the-wind sailors often wash up on California beaches by the thousands in the springtime when the ocean warms.
Jellyfish, starfish, sand dollars and the occasional octopus wash up on South Carolina beaches all year round. For these invertebrates, sitting exposed to the sun and air will eventually kill them.
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