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Fried Egg Jellyfish

Cotylorhiza tuberculata

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Field Notes

Description:

Jellyfish is Cotylorhiza tuberculata, small fish swimming around are about 2-3 cm long. When stressed fish would dart in between jellyfish tentacles to stay safe.

Notes:

Commonly found in the Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, and Adriatic Sea

Reference Links:

Cotylorhiza tuberculata - Wikipedia

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Comments (3)
Machi
Congratulations Marek Koszorek! Your spotting won second place in our 2019 Best Wildlife Photo Contest - Other category! This spotting tied with your Magnificent Sea Anemone and Clownfish for runner up! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10163529187315603/10163529187985603/?type=3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/1255676993569423361
Marek Koszorek
Thanks Mark, I'm more interested in the small fishes using this jellyfish as a protection.
Mark Ridgway
Superb images Marek. Can I put the name into scientific name? (It looks perfect to me)

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PublishedOctober 3, 2019

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