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Cassiopea (upside-down jellyfish) is a genus of true jellyfish and members of the family Cassiopeidae. [3] They are found in warmer coastal regions around the world, including shallow mangrove swamps, mudflats, canals, and turtle grass flats in Florida , the Caribbean and Micronesia .
The lion's mane jellyfish, Cyanea capillata, was long-cited as the largest jellyfish, and arguably the longest animal in the world, with fine, thread-like tentacles that may extend up to 36.5 m (119 ft 9 in) long (though most are nowhere near that large). [54] [55] They have a moderately painful, but rarely fatal, sting. [56]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 January 2025. Species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish Immortal jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii medusa Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Hydrozoa Order: Anthoathecata Family: Oceaniidae Genus: Turritopsis Species: T. dohrnii Binomial name ...
Once stranded on the beach, cannonball jellies can’t survive long out of water and eventually become a food source for shorebirds, crabs, sea turtles and other critters that live along the coast.
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 ...
Periphyllopsis braueri is a red-colored jellyfish of the deep sea, [1] belonging to the order Coronatae of the phylum Cnidaria. It is one of two species in the genus Periphyllopsis . It has only been documented ~18 times [ 2 ] because of the depth that it resides at, and inhabits areas off the coast of Florida and Japan . [ 2 ]
Underwater photo captures scores of jellyfish in Navarre Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Shane Dye (delunavision.com) The duo said that within 45 minutes of their arrival, the ...
Mastigias is a genus of true jellyfish in the family Mastigiidae.It contains seven described species.Members of this genus are found widely in coastal regions of the Indo-Pacific, including saline lakes of Palau (e.g., Jellyfish Lake), but there are also records from the West Atlantic at Florida and Puerto Rico.