Sunday, May 15, 2011

jelly


Moon jelly by Alexander Semenov



Porpita porpita—the blue button jelly —is a neustonic species mostly found in the tropics; that is, it floats right neat the surface of the water. The circular disc is made of chitin and filled with gas, allowing these jellies to float. The tentacles (zooids) radiating from the disc do all the feeding.

Kelly Rakow

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