Gold-spotted crown jelly
Atorella vanhoeffeni
- Not on exhibit
- Animal type
- Invertebrates
- Ecosystem
- Deep sea
- Relatives
- Coronate jellies; Order: Coronatae
- Diet
- NA
- Range
- From the surface to 1,300 ft. (400 m) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans
- Size
- Up to 0.3 inch (7 mm) diameter, 0.2 inch (5 mm) tall
Meet the gold-spotted crown jelly
Watch this jelly as it drifts with the currents. The brilliant yellow tips of its tentacles dangle below to entice plankton. Then, pow! Those beautiful baubles pack potent stinging cells that paralyze prey.
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