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Pelagia colorata
Purple-striped Jellyfish

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0305 0687 (2005-03-21)

INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO

date of photo between 1978 and 1980

location Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

class Scyphozoa

habitat Subtidal

notes Better to call these beautiful creatures Medusae echoing the Medusa of Greek Mythology. The streaming tentacles, laden with nematocysts, do suggest the hissing serpents of Medusa's hair. Interestingly, these medusae arise, budded off from tiny polyps hidden in the substrate. Diam. 26 cm./Depth 5m

camera Rolleiflex

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Purple-striped Jellyfish (photographer)

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