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Chrysaora fuscescens
Sea nettles have a distinctive golden-brown bell with a reddish tint. The bell can grow to be larger than one meter (three feet) in diameter in the wild, though most are less than 50 cm across. The long, spiraling, white oral arms and the 24 undulating maroon tentacles may trail behind as far as 10 feet. For humans, its sting is often irritating, but rarely dangerous. The maroon tentacles are called trailing tentacles and they grab food. they handle this food to the white tentacles called oral arms and these handle the food into the mouth.
Commonly found along the coasts of California and Oregon, though some reside in the waters north to the Gulf of Alaska, west to the seas around Japan and south to the Baja Peninsula. These are in the SF Aquarium of the bay.
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You should try Sckel, is fun! :-)
Anyway, these are in an aquarium ;-)
Gostaria de ser corajosa e mergulhar também. :)
I love them, as long as they don´t get entangled on my mask when I dive :-)
I would loveto see these ones in their natural habitat some day..from a safe distance ;-)
Nice video and photos, Marta. Jellyfish are such graceful swimmers.