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JELLIES & PLANKTON

Upside Down (

Upside Down (

Mangrove Jellyfish

Comb Jellyfish (Beroe sp)

Comb Jellyfish (Beroe sp)

(Beroe sp) Harmless to humans - May have two tentacles extending from the main part. Ctenophores may be abundant during the summer months in some coastal locations.

Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita)

Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita)

(Aurelia aurita) Usually harmless although some report mild sting. Rinse with vinegar. Aurelia aurita (also called the moon jelly, moon jellyfish, common jellyfish, or saucer jelly) is a widely studied species of the genus Aurelia.[1] All species in the genus are closely related, and it is difficult to identify Aurelia medusae without genetic sampling; most of what follows applies equally to all species of the genus.

Siphonophore

Siphonophore

(Forskalia sp) HARMFUL - Powerful Sting usually short lived but can last from minutes to hours. Rinse with hot water and vinegar. Most colonies are long, thin, transparent pelagic floaters. The best known species of SIPHONOPHORE is the Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis).

Copepods

Copepods

Harmless - 1 to 2 millimeters. Common food for fish species. A group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every fresh water habitat. Some species are planktonic (drifting in sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor),

Arrow Worm (Chaetognatha)

Arrow Worm (Chaetognatha)

Harmless to humans. Chaetognatha are a phylum of predatory marine worms that are a major component of plankton worldwide. About 20% of the known species are benthic, and can attach to algae and rocks. They are found in all marine waters, from surface tropical waters and shallow tide pools to the deep sea and polar regions. Most chaetognaths are transparent and are torpedo shaped, but some deep-sea species are orange. They range in size from 2 to 120 mm.

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