march: COMPASS JELLYFISH The coastal waters of the northeastern Atlantic are rife with a glistering blob with a symmetrical pattern on its bells, and this notorious lurker of the sea is none other than the compass jellyfish. There is a parasite that often likes to choose this type of jellyfish as their host, but even this couldn’t really reduce the overpopulation of the species, which is caused by global warming. may: SEA GOOSEBERRY the sea gooseberry is a genus of comb jelly. it uses the colloblasts found on its tentacles to release an adhesive substance to trap its prey. along the colloblasts, sea gooseberry’s tentacles are covered in a multitude of little plates called cilia, the simultaneous beating of these cilia is what allows the sea gooseberry to navigate in the ocean. april: BLUE(FIRE) JELLYFISH blue(fire) jellyfish look a lot like a tiny version of a lion’s mane jellyfish. blue jellies are very pale in the beginning of their lives but as they age their bell will be tinted in a bright blue/purple, sometimes even a yellow color. june: CLINGING JELLYFISH clinging jellyfish are small little creatures, not counting the tentacles, they only grow 1-3 cm in diameter. clinging jellyfish have sticky patches in their tentacles with which they can attach themselves to seaweeds or any other surface, hence their name.