|
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.
|
|