Lined jelly
Merga costata
- Not on exhibit
- Animal type
- Invertebrates
- Ecosystem
- Deep sea
- Relatives
- Other jellies; Order: Anthoathecata
- Diet
- Plankton
- Range
- From the surface to 1,300 ft. (400 m) in the Pacific Ocean
- Size
- About 0.2 inches wide (6 mm) and 0.4 inches (11 mm) tall
Meet the lined jelly
The tracks along a lined jelly’s bell carry stinging cells for capturing food. Like many deep-sea drifters, this jelly swims to the surface at night. Concealed by darkness, it grazes on plankton, then descends to deeper waters at sunrise to hide.
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