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Chrysaora quinquecirrha
Photo take in an aquarium at Xcaret park beautiful jellyfish. The sea nettle is radially symmetrical, marine, and carnivorous. Its mouth is located at the center of one end of the body, which opens to a gastrovascular cavity that is used for digestion. It has tentacles that surround the mouth to capture food. Nettles have no excretory or respiratory organs. Each sea nettle is either in a free-swimming stage or a polyp stage. The free-swimming stage, or medusa stage reproduces sexually, and the polyp stage reproduces asexually.
Is a widely distributed species of jellyfish that inhabits tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. It is frequently seen along the East Coast of the United States
Spotted on Jan 28, 2013
Submitted on Jan 28, 2013
4 Comments
Nice background color !!!! Congratulations
very nice!
Thanks Philip :)
What a gorgeous species! And gorgeous shots too Gerardo! As usual...