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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).
Stygiomedusa gigantea, commonly known as the giant phantom jelly, is the only species in the monotypic genus of deep sea jellyfish, Stygiomedusa. It is in the Ulmaridae family. [2] With only around 110 sightings in 110 years, it is a jellyfish that is rarely seen, but believed to be widespread throughout the world, with the exception of the ...
Bioluminescence is the production of visible light by a living organism (Herring 2004). Bioluminescence is a common phenomenon in marine animals found in the deep sea. Atolla wyvillei has adapted a safety response to avoid predation. When Atolla wyvillei is attacked it produces an array of blue light flashes. The propagation rate of these ...
The new species of jellyfish is considered “relatively large,” its body reaching just over 1 inch in height and its tentacles measuring over 2 inches in length, the study said.
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L. janetae has been found at depths ranging between 2500-2700m. [1] [2] When originally described it was believed to be the second deepest-living member of the genus Lucernaria, [1] the deepest living known Stauromedusan was then Lucernaria bathyphila, recorded at a depth of 2800m. [3]
Jellyfish have a complex life cycle, and the medusa is normally the sexual phase, which produces planula larvae. These then disperse widely and enter a sedentary polyp phase which may include asexual budding before reaching sexual maturity. Jellyfish are found all over the world, from surface waters to the deep sea.
There's evidence to suggest that the comb jellyfish was the first animal to appear on Earth some 700 million years ago. ‘Time-traveler’ jellyfish found to age backward in accidental discovery ...