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After returning to Caltech, Dabiri’s research has focused on the hydrodynamics of electromechanically modified jellyfish, [23] which he envisions for use in ocean exploration. [24] Because jellyfish have no brain or pain receptors, Dabiri and colleagues have shown that they their swimming can be controlled without causing harm to the ...
The smallest jellyfish are the peculiar creeping jellyfish in the genera Staurocladia and Eleutheria, which have bell disks from 0.5 millimetres (1 ⁄ 32 in) to a few millimeters in diameter, with short tentacles that extend out beyond this, which these jellyfish use to move across the surface of seaweed or the bottoms of rocky pools; [51 ...
The Deepstaria enigmatica has a wide, thin bell (up to 60 cm or 2 ft), [1] transparent in appearance, which undulates as the jellyfish moves. They are usually found in Antarctic and near-Antarctic seas, but have been spotted in waters near the United Kingdom and Gulf of Mexico, at depths of 600–1,750 metres (1,970–5,740 ft).
The oceans are home to many fascinating and dazzling creatures, and recently NOAA explorers captured a mesmerizing video of one of them. Bizarre looking jellyfish captured on video during deep sea ...
The Scyphozoa are an exclusively marine class of the phylum Cnidaria, [2] referred to as the true jellyfish (or "true jellies"). The class name Scyphozoa comes from the Greek word skyphos (σκύφος), denoting a kind of drinking cup and alluding to the cup shape of the organism. [3] Scyphozoans have existed from the earliest Cambrian to the ...
The Pacific barreleye fish [1] (Macropinna) is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family.It contains one species, M. microstoma.It is recognized for a highly unusual transparent, fluid-filled shield on its head, through which the lenses of its eyes can be seen.