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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.
Cassiopea xamachana, commonly known as the upside-down jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Cassiopeidae. It is found in warm parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. It was first described by the American marine biologist Henry Bryant Bigelow in 1892.
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. Blue jellyfish-like critters arrive in Bay Area ...
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 ...
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."
A sea creature with long tentacles and a painful venom has been spotted on shores from Pawleys Island to Myrtle Beach. The Portuguese man o’ war is a jellyfish-like animal that often looks like ...
Tentacles: This 800 gal(3,000 L) exhibit contains a variety of jellyfish and sea nettles, most of which can be found in the Gulf of Mexico. Flower Gardens: Replicating a coral reef, this 40,000 gal (150,000 L) exhibit features Atlantic tarpon, green moray eels, and cownose stingrays.