Jellyfish

Sierra Barrett Research Paper Kimberly Scubacz Biology 1010 The Cannonball Jellyfish It is a sweltering summer day and you are at the beach with your closest friends and family. It is now time for you to get some relief from the sun and hurdle into the cool, salty water. You stand up on the float that you were floating on, leap into the air, bring your knees towards your chest while wrapping your arms around your now balled up body and shout “CANNONBALL!” at the top of your lungs. As you fall into

For my five-minute observation of a marine organism I chose to watch a species of jellyfish from the genus Cassiopea. They were extremely abundant in the shallow area where we were snorkeling, more than I could count. There were many in a relatively small area, so I assumed they mostly remain in groups. I first noticed that the majority of them were resting on the floor of the ocean rather than swimming. There were a few that we would see swimming closer to the surface, but not as many as I would

species, with type ranging from mobile jellyfishes to the static coral. The Helmet jellyfish is a prime example the cnidarian species. Although it is a direct relation to other organisms that are completely different in nature, it shares some defining characteristics The Helmet Jellyfish is radially symmetrical, meaning they can be cut into equal part at any point through the center. This means the Helmet Jellyfish has no back or front, nor a left or right side. This type of symmetry is common

Abstract This research paper explores one of the most venomous creatures in the world, the box jellyfish. This includes what they are, how the venom works, its life cycle, its common diet and its habits, and also to find out why the combination of its venom, physiology, and feeding habits made them dangerous to humans. Introduction Jellyfish are marine animals that has a gelatinous bell and tentacles, which can be used to capture prey. It belongs to the phylum cnidaria, which generally has polyp

Jellyfish can be seen in freshwater and saltwater inhabiting everywhere it goes. Some may see jellyfish depicted in media such as the television show “SpongeBob SquarePants” as a fun recreational sport of catching Jellyfish in butterfly nets. Though most may recognize the creatures as your worse nightmare on a beach and avoiding getting stung by them. However, researchers and explorers have found effects that jellyfish have on impacting the ecosystem and life style of others. These findings have

Kiersten Swarts Mrs. Walser Bio II 8/30/15 Periphylla Periphylla: Helmet Jellyfish The helmet jellyfish, scientifically known as periphylla periphylla has many interesting features and many unique facts about it. When just looking at it, it resembles many jellyfish, the bell is different from a regular jellyfish though. It has a life cycle that contains fourteen stages that explain how it is formed and how it develops. Not much is known about this creature when it comes to reproduction and its behavior

Jellyfish Many people think jellyfish are mean scary creatures, but really they're not. Jellyfish are beautiful because of their many colors. They are healthy carnivores. They just happen to live a short period of time. There isn't a better creature than that. Jellyfish aren't just clear jelly like animals with long strings. They're multicolor beauties that float in the deep blue ocean. They can be pink, blue, yellow, purple, or luminescent (glow.) Jellyfish have a mouth inside of their bell shape

Poisonous ‘Jellyfish’ Man of War comes to U.S Soil Let the Jaws theme song begin. In recent news, several Portuguese Man of Wars were spotted off the shore of New Jersey, the organism usually found in warmer waters equator region, usually as far north as Florida waters. Although, it looks like a blue jellyfish, it is not. Instead it is made of several organisms called a siphonophore (http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/portuguese-man-of-war/) that work together as a group

The compass jellyfish, also called the Chrysaora hysoscella, has a round, saucer like smooth bell-shaped body which is about 8 inches in diameter and can grow up to 15. They are very common and distinguishable from other jellyfish due to the yellowish white bell with brown v-shaped marks running from the center to the outer edges of the jellyfish. It also has 24 long stinging tentacles, in eight groups of three, coming out from the rim that alternate eight sensory organs. The mouth, is located underneath

The Compass Jellyfish is also called Chrysaora hysoscella which actually isn’t a fish, it is a type of plankton. It is just under 100% water, this jellyfish does not have a heart, brain, bones, or blood. Its kingdom is animalia, phylum is cnidaria, class is scyphozoa, order is semaeostomeae, family is pelagiidae, and its genius is chrysaora. The compass jellyfish lives in cold or temperate waters. This Jellyfish lives in the coastal waters of the Mediterranean ocean, the northeast Atlantic ocean