Clipart drawings of several species of jellyfish. Jellyfish are in the phylum cnidaria, and are free-swimming creatures that are also caled medusa.
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Porpita Pacifica
"The Porpitae consist of colonies of floating animals furnished with a cartilaginous, horizontal and rounded skeleton, but they are destitute of crest or veil."... |
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Rhyzostoma Cuvierii
"These fragile creatures are able to make long voyages on the surface of the sea. Their nature is such that they are required to keep constantly moving in order to sustain themselves in the fluid whic... |
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Saccatae
A type of comb jelly having two tenticals and no oral lobes. ... |
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Sight, Sense of
In animals there are different types of sight. Some have what we call simple eyes. The simplest eyes are not capable of forming an image or picture of external objects. They only make the animal ab... |
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Virdis, astraea
"a a, expanded polypes; b b, polypes withdrawn into their cells; c c, coral uncovered by flesh, showing the cells. In this the corals usually form thick stony masses; the stony rays of the cells are ... |
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War, Portuguese Man of
There is a large oblong crested float which buoys the fish up, from which hang many tenticles, which can attain a length of 12 feet. The tenticles produce a powerful stinging sensation when touched. ... |