Jellyfish – Medusas - 36 fotos

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Jellyfish (also known as jellies or sea jellies) are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. They have several different morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including the Scyphozoa (over 200 species), Staurozoa (about 50 species), Cubozoa (about 20 species), and Hydrozoa (about 1000-1500 species that make jellyfish and many more that do not). The jellyfish in these groups are also called, respectively, scyphomedusae, stauromedusae, cubomedusae, and hydromedusae; medusa is another word for jellyfish.

Beautiful Jelly Fish.

1 Beautiful Jelly Fish. Credit: Bob Jagendorf #
Cassiopea (cotylorhiza tubercolata)

2 Cassiopea (cotylorhiza tubercolata) Credit: deep_onion #
Jellyfish at Monterey Bay Aquarium.

3 Jellyfish at Monterey Bay Aquarium. Credit: ex.libris #
Jellyfish.

4 Jellyfish. Credit: rosswebsdale #
Australian Blue Jelly

5 Australian Blue Jelly Credit: mikest #
Aurelia aurita at Aquarium Finisterrae, La Coruña, Spain.

6 Aurelia aurita at Aquarium Finisterrae, La Coruña, Spain. Credit: wicho #
flower hat jelly (Olindias formosa)

7 flower hat jelly (Olindias formosa) Credit: tetzl #
Diningroom table jellyfish.

8 Diningroom table jellyfish. Credit: docman #
Jellyfish.

9 Jellyfish. Credit: Jeff Kubina #
Jelly dancer!

10 Jelly dancer! Credit: Giorgos~ #
Purple jellyfish.

11 Purple jellyfish. Credit: Giorgos~ #
Pink jellyfish.

12 Pink jellyfish. Credit: Giorgos~ #
Jellyfish at London Zoo.

13 Jellyfish at London Zoo. Credit: TimOve #
White Jellyfish.

14 White Jellyfish. Credit: Bill D'Agostino #
Spooky Jellyfish.Taken at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

15 Spooky Jellyfish.Taken at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Credit: Bill D'Agostino #

16 "Jellyfish are marine invertebrates belonging to the class Scyphozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They can be found in every ocean in the world and in some fresh waters. The use of the term "jellyfish" is actually a misnomer since scyphozoans are not fish, which are vertebrates. Although incorrect, the term is also commonly-applied to some close relatives of true scyphozoans, such as the Hydrozoa and the Cubozoa." Credit: mohammadali #
Jellies Rising.

17 Jellies Rising. Credit: Automania #
Rearrange.

18 Rearrange. Credit: Thomas Hawk #
Jellies at Monterey aquarium, California.

19 Jellies at Monterey aquarium, California. Credit: ecstaticist #
Sea Nettle. Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration.

20 Sea Nettle. Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration. Credit: Rigmarole #
Jellyfish at the Oregon Aquarium in Newport, Oregon, US.

21 Jellyfish at the Oregon Aquarium in Newport, Oregon, US. Credit: Stacy Lynn Baum #
Cephea cephea in Mactan Cebu, Philippines.

22 Cephea cephea in Mactan Cebu, Philippines. Credit: katiescrapbooklady #
Jelly in the Vancouver aquarium.

23 Jelly in the Vancouver aquarium. Credit: TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) #
Jellyfish. Taken in the aquarium in Osaka.

24 Jellyfish. Taken in the aquarium in Osaka. Credit: ecstaticist #
The Stinger. Just because you don't have a brain, backbone, central nervous system, eyes or arms; doesn't mean you can't be a killer in the sea.

25 The Stinger. Just because you don't have a brain, backbone, central nervous system, eyes or arms; doesn't mean you can't be a killer in the sea. Credit: strollers #
Jellyfish at Boston Aquarium.

26 Jellyfish at Boston Aquarium. Credit: Vermin Inc #
Flame.

27 Flame. Credit: Matt Bargar #
Hearts.

28 Hearts. Credit: ex.libris #
Jellies.

29 Jellies. Credit: ex.libris #
Evil jellyfish.

30 Evil jellyfish. Credit: sarahfelicity #
Dark.

31 Dark. Credit: impactmatt #
The power within.

32 The power within. Credit: ex.libris #
Jellies.

33 Jellies. Credit: ucumari #
Jellies.

34 Jellies. Credit: Thomas Hawk #
Jellies end.

35 Jellies end. Credit: Thomas Hawk #

36 Credit: Thomas Hawk #
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Comments (2)

  1. Eduardo Peinado wrote::

    Yo ya no sé qué decirte macho, como siempre…espectacular.

    Eso sí, no será relación directa, pero me han entrado unas ganas de una ración de calamaritos, jeje xD

    Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 2:48 am #
  2. Anonymous wrote::

    muy bellas,me recuerdan a los hongos terrestres¡¡el fotógrafo es bueno,es cierto que la naturaleza pone el resto,un saludo

    Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 2:48 pm #

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