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Jellyfish, In The Aquarium Of The Pacific, Long Beach, California

Rhopilema esculentum
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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 external link   •  Aquarium Of The Pacific external link external link   •  100 Aquarium Way   •  Long Beach external link California   •  (Date Photographed: 15:25:17 Monday 1 February 2016)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 13 February 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_0077
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Group Of Flames
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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) external link   •  Aquarium Of The Pacific external link external link   •  100 Aquarium Way   •  Long Beach external link California   •  (Date Photographed: 15:25:40 Monday 1 February 2016)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 13 February 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_0082
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Jellies Hall
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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 external link external link   •  100 Aquarium Way   •  Long Beach external link California   •  (Date Photographed: 15:46:33 Monday 1 February 2016)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 13 February 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_0125
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Aurelia aurita
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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) external link   •  Aquarium Of The Pacific external link external link   •  100 Aquarium Way   •  Long Beach external link California   •  (Date Photographed: 15:48:04 Monday 1 February 2016)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 13 February 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_0129
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Video Of Jellies
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A video composed of two different tanks of jellies at the Aquarium Of The Pacific.


Aquarium Of The Pacific external link external link   •  100 Aquarium Way   •  Long Beach external link California   •  (Date Filmed: 15:48:04 Monday 1 February 2016)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 13 February 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_0130
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Phacellophora camtschatica
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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) external link   •  Aquarium Of The Pacific external link external link   •  100 Aquarium Way   •  Long Beach external link California   •  (Date Photographed: 15:51:33 Monday 1 February 2016)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 13 February 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_0141
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Maxfield Parrish
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Tank images of the Egg Yolk Jelly look strikingly like the clouds of artist Maxfield Parrish external link.


Egg Yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica) external link   •  Aquarium Of The Pacific external link external link   •  100 Aquarium Way   •  Long Beach external link California   •  (Date Photographed: 15:51:37 Monday 1 February 2016)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 13 February 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_0142
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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.


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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) external link   •  Aquarium Of The Pacific external link external link   •  100 Aquarium Way   •  Long Beach external link California   •  (Date Photographed: 15:51:50 Monday 1 February 2016)   •  (Date Published: Saturday 13 February 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C16_0145
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