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Upside-Down Jellyfish

Cassiopea sp.

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Description:

Unknown species of Upside-Down Jellyfish spotted in the Mangrove National Park, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago
Upside-down jelly
Cassiopea sp. Cassiopea


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4 Comments

AbbieRR
AbbieRR 8 years ago

Crazy, we never saw anything like this in Hawaii!

SargonR
SargonR 8 years ago

Many thanks Mark. And yes, the UAE was quite the nice adventure!

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

It seems upside-down jellies are Cassiopea ... http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/environment...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopea
Thanks... learn something every day :)

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

Hi Sargon. You'd be enjoying UAE I guess. I think you've got a jelly here. Can't find a scientific ref for it but here's a blog item from the area which looks a match. An upside-down feeder. http://www.thenational.ae/uae/environmen...

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SargonR
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SargonR

Abu Dhabi, أبو ظبي, United Arab Emirates

Spotted on Jan 31, 2016
Submitted on Jan 31, 2016

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