indentify, please...Jelly fish
Mar 17, 2015 18:41:51 #
br3kes
Loc: Tarentum PA
I apologize for the 'not-so-good-photos...I just had my land camera with me. But I was walking in the shallows off of Caye Caulker, Belize and saw these. They were all moving. I thought/think the are some sort of jelly fish, but not shore (sure LOL). Can someone help me out with these???
Mar 18, 2015 12:46:58 #
Not sure what they are, br3kes, but surely someone on here will be able to tell you.
Mar 18, 2015 18:09:50 #
They look like upsidedown jellies. #1 though doesn't look like it was upside down.
Mar 18, 2015 18:51:52 #
br3kes
Loc: Tarentum PA
None of these where upside down. They were def alive and moving. I just have never seen these and was wondering if they actually were 'Jellyfish'. When I moved them with a leaf...they moved away. Im hoping one of you out there, like Critterhunter, can help. Batfish arent common here either but I've seen three so far...
Mar 19, 2015 19:01:27 #
br3kes wrote:
None of these where upside down. They were def alive and moving. I just have never seen these and was wondering if they actually were 'Jellyfish'. When I moved them with a leaf...they moved away. Im hoping one of you out there, like Critterhunter, can help. Batfish arent common here either but I've seen three so far...
Not sure if you understood. I wasn't saying that they just looked like they were dead and upside down. There are two species I'm familiar with: upside down jelly, Cassiopea xamachana and Mangrove Upsidedown Jelly, C. frondulosa. They do move around, but when hunting they sit on the bottom upside down with thier tenatcles pointing up. Here's a pic of both I took in Key Largo.
Mar 19, 2015 20:57:15 #
br3kes
Loc: Tarentum PA
Wow! Cool...did not know they did this. How about the first one...it actually looked like its legs were part of the algea?
Mar 19, 2015 20:58:28 #
br3kes
Loc: Tarentum PA
Wow! Cool...did not know they did this. How about the first one...it actually looked like its legs were part of the algea?
Mar 19, 2015 20:59:39 #
Mar 20, 2015 15:58:09 #
br3kes wrote:
sorry reposted. Are the poisonious too?
As far as I know all Jellies have poisonous nematocysts. Some are not noticible like those on the Jellies in Jellyfish Lake in Palau, all the way to Box Jellies that can kill you.
I doubt the upsidedown Jelly is very toxic. They get some of their nutrition from symbiotic algae that reside in their tentacles, and the rest is from plankton captured by the nematocysts. It may sting some though as some crabs carry them around on their backs as protection.
Mar 21, 2015 06:43:04 #
Chose has way more knowledge of these critters than me. You a marine biologist by ant chance ?
Mar 21, 2015 09:25:20 #
Mar 21, 2015 11:42:21 #
My degree is in Horticulture. I did take Marine Biology classes in both High School and College. Mostly I just have a lot of books.
Mar 21, 2015 17:47:30 #
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