Beautiful video of the life and death of a jellyfish. Wonderfully done by Henry Kaiser and Rob Robbins. The species is Desmonema glaciale. This genus occurs only in the colder regions of the southern ocean.
One question that may come up– what is the small crab atop the jelly’s bell? A parasitic hyperiid amphipod. These guys drive me nuts! Every time I collect a jelly with them I take my time to pick every last one off. They look like they’d be so irritating.
But what are the anemones doing to the jelly? Is it on purpose or is everyone just to sticky?
everyone is sticky! But they’re going to eat it 😦
I think they’re going to eat it O_O
How many different regions of the earth do jellies live on?
Jellies can be found anywhere there is water. Even in freshwater lakes and streams!