Jellyfish are saucer-shaped and can be a foot or more in diameter. They are gelatinous and semitransparent.

Jellyfish

Jellyfish are saucer-shaped and can be a foot or more in diameter. They are gelatinous and semitransparent.

"Scyphistoma stage of Cyanaea capillata, showing two ordinary hydrae tubae, between which are two others, a, b, undergoing fission (the strobila stage)." -Whitney, 1911

Lion's Mane Jellyfish

"Scyphistoma stage of Cyanaea capillata, showing two ordinary hydrae tubae, between which are two others,…

Jellyfish have several different morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including the Scyphozoa. Stages in the development of a scyphozoan jellfish shows the attached young.

Scyphozoan Jellyfish

Jellyfish have several different morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including…

Jellyfish have several different morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including the Scyphozoa. Stages in the development of a scyphozoan jellfish shows the attached young, whin has separated into a number of disks, each of which becomes a jellyfish.

Scyphozoan Jellyfish

Jellyfish have several different morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including…

Jellyfish have several different morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including the Scyphozoa. Fully developed scyphozoan jellyfish.

Scyphozoan Jellyfish

Jellyfish have several different morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including…

The Portugures man-of-war has a bladderlike float, and locomotion depends upon the wind and current. they have well-developed stinging cells.

Portuguese Man-of-War

The Portugures man-of-war has a bladderlike float, and locomotion depends upon the wind and current.…