Phacellophora camtschatica; Egg-yolk Jellyfish

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Phacellophora camtschatica; Egg-yolk Jellyfish

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Phacellophora camtschatica
Egg-yolk Jellyfish

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

ID: 0000 0000 0305 0852 (2005-03-25)

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date of photo between 1980 and 1985

latitude 36.54333 longitude -121.95361 max error distance 2543 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

location Outer Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

class Scyphozoa

habitat Open Water

notes This medusa, about 35 cm. high, was photographed at 7 m. depth. The egg-yolk, orange feeding lobes hang below the light yellow gonads and the gut. These medusae may occur offshore in huge numbers where they prey on other gelatinous organisms and on crustaceans which they entrap in their venormous tentacles.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL

common names Eggyolk Jelly (ITIS ) Egg-yolk Jellyfish (photographer)

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