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Chiropsalmus quadrumanus, commonly known as the four-handed box jellyfish, is a species of box jellyfish found in the western Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. The sting is venomous and dangerous to humans, especially children.
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 ...
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]
NBC reports, "They believe it is a rarely seen jellyfish plodding its way, not at great speed, through the Gulf of Mexico. The video was actually shot by an underwater gulf rig camera."
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. Blue jellyfish-like critters arrive in Bay Area ...
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.
This category contains fish of the Gulf of Mexico in the Caribbean Sea of North America. Pages in category "Fish of the Gulf of Mexico" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total.
A great white shark is making history in the Gulf of Mexico Safety tips when visiting Texas beaches As spring break returns, Galveston County provided a number of safety tips while at the beach ...