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Tag: jellyfish

Jelly Fish
Education Weird

On common names

Alistair Dove October 19, 2011 jellyfishsea jelliesSea Starsstarfishthe pointlessness of trying to mandate common names

Staring into one of the aquarium’s exhibits “I like these new Mastigias jellyfish”, I said, absently. “Sea jelly”, my colleague corrected (with a certain smugness,…

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Adaptations

New England Aquarium Subjects Fish to the Jelly Chamber of Torture

Kevin Zelnio August 18, 2011 Flower Hat JellyJelliesjellyfishNEAQNew England AquariumOlindias formosa

Some cool pics and the video (below) from the NEAq’s Exhibit Galleries Blog on Flower Hat Jellies (Olindias formosa, one of my favs!). Head there…

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Climate Change Conservation & Environment Microbes Organisms Uncategorized

The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)

Holly Bik June 14, 2011 Bacteriaclimate changehuman impactjellyfishMicrobes

Mufasa was right.  We’re all intertwined.  Whether we humans like to admit it or not, every action by a living organism on Earth has repercussions. …

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Adaptations Organisms

There’s No Such Thing as a Jellyfish

Kevin Zelnio June 3, 2011 jellyjellyfishMBARI

From the MBARI YouTube page: By all accounts, jellyfish are creatures that kill people, eat microbes, grow to tens of meters, filter phytoplankton, take over…

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Biology Organisms

Rare Giant Jellyfish Caught on Video

Dr. M October 31, 2010 giantsjellyfishStygiomedusa

Although first collected in 1901 and scientifically described in 1910, the giant jellyfish, Stygiomedusa gigantea, is rarely collected or seen. It is likely one of the largest invertebrate predators currently in…

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Adaptations

Jellyfish: Pretty from a Distance

Kevin Zelnio July 23, 2010 Best of ZelnioCyaneaHydrajellyfishLion's ManenematocystTentacle

A link from one of readers (thanks Ashley!) pointed us to a story on MSNBC about a very large Lion’s Mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) that…

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Opinion & Editorial Organisms

Examiner Taxonomy FAIL

Kevin Zelnio June 21, 2010 ExaminerholothurianjellyfishOil SpillSea Cucumber

Do I really need to point out the error here? At least they got it down to Kingdom correctly… Click on the image to go…

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Adaptations Organisms Scientist!

“Jellies Are As Elegant As They Are Squishy”

Kevin Zelnio May 26, 2010 jellyjellyfishKQEDPBS

A fantastic KQED QUEST video on jellies starring Chad Widmer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Steve Haddock of MBARI! QUEST on KQED Public Media.

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Fish New Research New Species Organisms Paleobiology

The Tide Pool: New Jelly, Misplaced 6-Gill, Old Ostracods

Kevin Zelnio April 24, 2010 6-Gill SharkAnatomyBathykorus bouilloniCnidariafossilHydrozoajellyjellyfishOstracodRaskoffsharkThe Tide Pool

KAZ – A new occasional series modeled from Ed Yong’s Pocket Science where I will briefly report a few cool studies and tell you why…

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Organisms Plankton

Look At the Drifting Jellies. Just Look At It!

Kevin Zelnio March 10, 2010 comb jellyjellyjellyfish

Drifters of the deep from Eugenia Loli-Queru on Vimeo. Hat tip to Penguin Wanderings.

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