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Description. 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. [1]
Cannonball jellyfish. The cannonball jellyfish ( Stomolophus meleagris ), also known as the cabbagehead jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Stomolophidae. Its common name derives from its similarity to a cannonball in shape and size. Its dome-shaped bell can reach 25 cm (10 in) in diameter. The rim is often colored with brown ...
The box jellyfish actively hunts its prey (small fish), rather than drifting as do true jellyfish. They are strong swimmers, capable of achieving speeds of up to 1.5 to 2 metres per second or about 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph). [ 19] and rapidly turning up to 180° in a few bell contractions. [ 4]
Fossilized stranded scyphozoans on a Cambrian tidal flat at Blackberry Hill, Wisconsin. 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 ...
Stål, 1855 [ 1] The brown marmorated stink bug ( Halyomorpha halys) is an insect in the family Pentatomidae, native to China, Japan, Korea, and other Asian regions. [ 2] In September 1998, it was collected in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where it is believed to have been accidentally introduced. [ 3] The nymphs and adults of the brown marmorated ...
Jelly blubber. Catostylus mosaicus is also known as the Jelly blubber or Blue blubber jellyfish. [1] The jelly blubber is distinguishable by its color, which ranges from light blue to a dark blue or purple, and its large (250-300mm [2] ), rounded bell which pulses in a staccato rhythm. [1] It occurs along the coastline of Eastern Australia in ...
The small jellyfish-like critters have a deep blue hue and a sail that allows them to glide on the ocean’s surface. When they beach themselves, they lose their pigment and dry out. But don't ...
Porpita porpita, or the blue button, is a marine organism consisting of a colony of hydroids [ 2] found in the warmer, tropical and sub-tropical waters of the Pacific, [ 3] Atlantic, and Indian oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Arabian Sea. [ 4] It was first identified by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, under the basionym Medusa ...