Chandelier jelly
Eumedusa sp.
- On view
- Into the Deep
- Animal type
- Invertebrates
- Ecosystem
- Deep sea
- Relatives
- Hydrozoans, jellies, corals; Phylum: Cnidaria, Superclass: Hydrozoa
- Diet
- Fecal pellets, sinking detritus, and small zooplankton.
- Range
- From 330 to 3,300 ft. (100–1,000 m) in the North Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
- Size
- Up to 0.8 inches (2 cm) tall
Meet the chandelier jelly
This elegant jelly hangs motionless and upside down in the midwater. Their spidery tentacles are sticky and capture bits of food drifting from the surface to the deep sea.
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