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Field Notes

Description:

A small transparent jellyfish. Shaped somewhat like a pyramid. Colorless.
Has four bright orange tentacles trailing behind it.
Has an organ hanging down from its center, which can also be orange.
See video for swimming footage.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
AlexanderStein
Nah, it's definitely not a ctenophore. And as you said definitely not a schyphozoan. Most likely it's a hydromedusa from what I can tell. Unfortunately I have no clue which one it is.
LauraMaria
To me it looks either like a ctenophore (a group of invertebrates that are kind of like jellyfish, but are in their own phylum) or the medusa stage of a hydrozoan (a family within the group that jellyfish are in). It has to right proportions to be either, so I'm not entirely sure which it is! But this isn't a normal jellyfish, which would be classed as a scyphozoan jellyfish :) Cool video by the way!!
AlexanderStein
Thanks! Nah, I just conducted the band occasionally in high school. That's neat!
ceherzog
Loved watching the video! Are you a conductor? I'm a big fan of classical music.

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Sea life of the Pacific Northwest.
Mission
The Pacific Northwest Bioregion

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PublishedAugust 14, 2011

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