Description
Also known as Atlantic Sea Nettle, Brown Sea Nettle, Sea Jelly, Sea Nettle Jellyfish, West Coast Sea Nettle.
Found near the surface of coastlines, drifting in bays, estuaries, and lagoons, sometimes can be found in the open seas.
They feed on crustaceans, small fish, fish eggs, other jellyfish, salps, snails, and zooplankton.
Length - 30cm
Depth - 0-80m
Widespread Eastern Pacific
Can be toxic!
Jellyfish are 95% water.
They have no heart, brain, blood, or gills. The body of the Jellyfish is called a bell. They do have a mouth, tentacles and arms around their mouth. They use their arms around their mouth to help sense and find food that ends up inside their mouth.
In the winter they disintegrate, the offspring surviving as larvae attached to the bottom. By asexual reproduction they form stacks of platters, and these platters are released in the spring to start their pelagic life.
Their only predators are Bannerfish and Arrow Crabs. (edit)
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysaora_fuscescens
3 comments
Posted by @fishx6The brains were a mistake and have been taken out, but if you would like to know more about sea jellies then here is a link to another more comprehensive site! http://jellieszone.com/
Posted by amywhat the heck this has good info but it confusing me first it says the jelly fish has no brains and then it tells me it has 4 i dont think i can trust this site
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