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Tower jelly floating in dark ocean water, its bell-shaped body revealing a glowing orange and yellow center, with delicate ruffled tentacles trailing to one side

Tower jelly

Neoturris spp.

Not on exhibit
Animal type
Invertebrates
Ecosystem
Deep sea
Relatives
Other jellies; Phylum: Cnidaria; Class: Hydrozoa
Diet
NA
Range
From the surface to 1,000 ft. (300 m) in the North Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
Size
The bell is up to 1.8 inches high (4.5 cm) and 1.4 inches (3.5 cm) in diameter

Meet the tower jelly

See that dangling fringe? Those tentacles catch and sweep bits of food into the tower jelly’s bell. At mealtime, this jelly stops swimming and closes its bell. Then its yellow mouth and stomach can digest dinner.

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