Wigdroid jelly
Earleria corachloeae
- Not on exhibit
- Animal type
- Invertebrates
- Ecosystem
- Deep sea
- Relatives
- Other cnidarians; Family: Mitrocomidae
- Diet
- Zooplankton
- Range
- From 1,000 to 5,900 ft. (300–1,800 m) in the northeastern Pacific Ocean
- Size
- Up to 0.70 inches (18 mm) diameter and 0.24 inches (6 mm) height
Meet the wigdroid jelly
This jelly finds a clever home. Many jellies start out as tiny tube-shaped polyps, hanging out on the seafloor. The midwater doesn’t offer any hard surfaces for shelter, so this jelly’s polyps make their home on the heads of live shrimp instead.
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