เฌณ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ช๐ป๐ข ๐ต๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ข
๐ฅ: Medusascience (ยฉ IMDuarte)
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เฌณ ๐๐บ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ช๐ป๐ข ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข เฌณ
๐ฅ: @medusascience (ยฉ IMDuarte)
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เฌณ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐บ๐ด๐ข๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ข เฌณ
An adult polyp of ๐. ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ข, also known as Purple Striped jellyfish, reproducing through a process called strobilation, in order to form young medusae (ephyrae).
One single polyp can produce up to 30 or more ephyrae in succession! ๐
Ephyrae of this species have a strong purple color which becomes more subtle as they growth ๐
๐ฅ: Medusascience (ยฉ IMDuarte)
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เฌณ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐บ๐ด๐ข๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ข เฌณ
เฌณ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐บ๐ด๐ข๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ข เฌณ
An adult polyp of ๐. ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ข, also known as Purple Striped jellyfish, reproducing through a process called strobilation, in order to form young medusae (ephyrae).
One single polyp can produce up to 30 or more ephyrae in succession! ๐
Ephyrae of this species have a strong purple color which becomes more subtle as they growth ๐
๐ฅ: Medusascience (ยฉ IMDuarte)
#jellyfish #jellyfishbiology #aquaculture #jellyfishaquaculture
#sealife #underwaterworld
เฌณ ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ เฌณ
Along with many other jellyfish species , ๐. ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ medusae need to prey on other jellyfish for their nutrition, being also called "medusivorous" ๐ค
When keeping medusivorous species in captivity, I usually give them ephyrae (recently released medusa) of other jellyfish species for a healthier growth!
In the video, you can see ๐. ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ capturing an ephyrae of ๐๐ฉ๐บ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ช๐ป๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ข, the Australian White Spotted jellyfish! ๐
๐ฅ: Medusascience (ยฉ IMDuarte)
เฌณ ๐๐บ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ช๐ป๐ข ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข เฌณ
Small adult ๐. ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข, also known as Marble jellyfish, with about 4 cm of diameter.
๐ฅ: Medusascience (ยฉ IMDuarte)
#jellyfish #jellyfishbiology #aquaculture #jellyfishaquaculture
#sealife #underwaterworld
เฌณ ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ เฌณ
เฌณ ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ เฌณ
Along with many other jellyfish species , ๐. ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ medusae need to prey on other jellyfish for their nutrition, being also called "medusivorous" ๐ค
When keeping medusivorous species in captivity, I usually give them ephyrae (recently released medusa) of other jellyfish species for a healthier growth!
In the video, you can see ๐. ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ capturing an ephyrae of ๐๐ฉ๐บ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ช๐ป๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ข, the Australian White Spotted jellyfish! ๐
๐ฅ: Medusascience (ยฉ IMDuarte)
เฌณ ๐๐บ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ช๐ป๐ข ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข เฌณ
เฌณ ๐๐บ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ช๐ป๐ข ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข เฌณ
Small adult ๐. ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข, also known as Marble jellyfish, with about 4 cm of diameter.
I just love how fast this little one swims against the current just to *bump* graciously into the aquarium wall ๐
Also, if you look closely you can see the beginning tips of what will be the oral appendices, on the outer side of the oral arms ๐
๐ฅ: Medusascience (ยฉ IMDuarte)
#jellyfish #jellyfishbiology #aquaculture #jellyfishaquaculture
#sealife #underwaterworld