Photo 30 Jul 119 notes rhamphotheca: Sea Floor Skimming Jelly - Deep Atlantic by James Owen A potentially new species of deep-sea jellyfish tripped the light fantastic for researchers during their recent (2010) MAR-ECO expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. “This is a special kind [of trachymedusa jellyfish] which, instead of floating around in the middle of the ocean”—as most jellyfish do—”floats just centimeters above the bottom, with its tentacles touching the seafloor,” team member Monty Priede said. “This is a very unusual thing.” (via: National Geo)          (photo: David Shale)

rhamphotheca:

Sea Floor Skimming Jelly - Deep Atlantic

by James Owen

A potentially new species of deep-sea jellyfish tripped the light fantastic for researchers during their recent (2010) MAR-ECO expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

“This is a special kind [of trachymedusa jellyfish] which, instead of floating around in the middle of the ocean”—as most jellyfish do—”floats just centimeters above the bottom, with its tentacles touching the seafloor,” team member Monty Priede said. “This is a very unusual thing.”

(via: National Geo)          (photo: David Shale)

via fauna.

#jelly #cnidaria #deep sea #ocean

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