according to the paper the shape is actually most similar to a juvenile “ephyra stage” moon jellyfish, with 8 short tentacles radiating from a central body. The flexible tentacles are made of ...

“Jellyfish are gelatinous and jelly-like,” explains Miranda Lowe CBE, our Principal Curator of Crustacea and Cnidaria. “They have a curved, bell-shaped body with tentacles hanging down from the ...

Its nearly transparent body reveals its eyes ... Scientifically known as Aurelia aurita, the moon jellyfish is also called ...

“In the human life cycle, our body ... because of a bloom of jellyfish known as mauve stingers. In 2013 a Swedish nuclear plant temporarily shut down because moon jellies were blocking its ...

Researchers sequenced and compared the genomes of the moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) and the giant box jellyfish (Morbakka virulenta) and reported their results Monday (April 15) in Nature Ecology & ...