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Jellyfish, In The Aquarium Of The Pacific, Long Beach, California
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![]() Rhopilema esculentum, the flame jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish native to the warm temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean. It is a popular seafood in southeastern Asia.
Flame Jellyfish
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![]() A group of three flame jellyfish in near collision. Traditional Chinese medicine advocates the consumption of this jellyfish to treat arthritis, high blood pressure, asthma, burns, ulcers and other ailments.
Flame Jellyfish (Rhopilema esculentum)
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![]() The hall displaying tanks of jellyfish. Notice that the overhead lights are also in the shape of jellies.
Aquarium Of The Pacific
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![]() Aurelia aurita (also called the moon jelly, moon jellyfish, common jellyfish, or saucer jelly) is a widely studied species of the genus Aurelia.
Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita)
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A video composed of two different tanks of jellies at the Aquarium Of The Pacific.
Aquarium Of The Pacific
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![]() Phacellophora camtschatica, known as the fried egg jellyfish, egg-yolk jellyfish or the ecehb jellyfish is a very large jellyfish, with a bell up to 60 cm (2 ft) in diameter and sixteen clusters of up to a few dozen tentacles, each up to 6 meters (20 ft) long.
Egg Yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica)
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Tank images of the Egg Yolk Jelly look strikingly like the clouds of artist Maxfield Parrish
Egg Yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica)
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![]() Because the sting of this jellyfish is so weak, many small crustaceans, including larval crabs (Cancer gracilis) and Amphipoda, regularly ride on its bell and even steal food from its oral arms and tentacles.
Egg Yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica)
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![]() The Egg Yolk Jelly alternates between a benthic stage that is attached to rocks and piers that reproduces asexually and the planktonic stage that reproduces sexually in the water column; there are both males and females in the plankton.
Egg Yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica)
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