Jelly ID (1 Viewer)

lassa8

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• May 6, 2004

• #1

I'm not sure if these are jellyfish or comb jellies....if anyone has any idea, please let me know! They were photographed in Alabama in summer 2001.

 

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Jane Turner

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• May 6, 2004

• #2

I'm sure its not a Comb Jelly - doesn't look like anything I see on this side of the Atlantic... will have a quick look for you tomorrow.

I'm confused that I can only see a bell - no tentacles..... perhaps its been munched by a Sunfish or something!

Reminds me most of a compass jelly (Chrysaora)- but it looks thicker in the bell than the spp. we get here..

Imagine this a bit nibbled!

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/archdata/Gershwin_Collins/Ccolorata.JPG

 

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gthang

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• May 6, 2004

• #3

We had a few of those wash up on beaches. One time, one washed up right next to my feet! At first, I thought it was a terrorist attack (I was young...), and later realized that it was a jelly!

 

lassa8

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• May 7, 2004

• #4

The reason I ask if it's a jellyfish (cnidarian) or a comb jelly (ctenophore) is because I remember the locals picking them up out of the water and throwing them at each other without getting stung.

 

KC Foggin

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• May 7, 2004

• #5

Were these fresh water Jelly's or sea Jelly's?

 

lassa8

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• May 7, 2004

• #6

Marine

 

gthang

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• May 7, 2004

• #7

Marine? Marine is any place with water!!!!

Fresh Water or Salt???
I'd say freshwater, judging from lassa8's location...

 

lassa8

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• May 7, 2004

• #8

gthang- the definition of marine is: Of or relating to the sea, and then definition of sea is: a continuous body of salt water.

This organism was was washed up on the seashore on the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama.

 

gthang

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• May 7, 2004

• #9

D'oh!

Well, then, I'll need the dictionary next time!!

Sorry...

 

MikeMules

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• May 7, 2004

• #10

A little difficult to tell from the photos, but they may well be egg masses of sand snails. Are they a thick, solid jelly-like substance? Most sea-jellies when they wash ashore don't keep their shape too well, but these look to be maintaining their structure, which points to them being an egg-mass.

 

lassa8

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• May 7, 2004

• #11

Having had bad experiences with jellies (thimble jellies stung my lip and eyelid while in the Bahamas) I wasn't about to touch this thing with my hands...though when I flipped it with some driftwood (to get the top down view) it certainly felt somewhat solid.

 

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pete woodall

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• May 7, 2004

• #12

Hi Mike and others

I did think of egg masses when I first saw the photos but I'm not sure.

We get similar egg masses from sand snails (Naticidae - Polinices ?) here in
Queensland but they are usually "C-shaped"

Pete

 

gthang

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• May 7, 2004

• #13

Wouldn't egg masses be attached by the parents to a rock or something to prevent this???

Since this is a jelly (or not...) it's probably going to be extremely hard to ID unless it was in water.