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Barrel jellyfish

Rhizostoma pulmo

Description:

Rhizostoma pulmo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizostoma... http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p... Filmed at Kalogria Beach, Peloponnese, Greece (38.163419, 21.364236) see: https://vimeo.com/223826664

Notes:

see: https://vimeo.com/223826664

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7 Comments

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 6 years ago

Is there a word like Super-excellent? There should be. This one is! Thank you for sharing.

George.Skeparnias
George.Skeparnias 6 years ago

Thanks a lot for the kind words

Great series George,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 6 years ago

Congratulations George, this great series and video is our Spotting of the Day!

"Check out the details on this beautiful Barrel Jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo), our Spotting of the Day! This large jellyfish feeds on plankton, and is a food source for the vulnerable leatherback turtle".

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Chris Taklis
Chris Taklis 6 years ago

Awesome shot. It's so clear so we can see all the details.

Jim Nelson
Jim Nelson 6 years ago

Perfect photography, nice spotting George!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 6 years ago

Beautiful contribution George Skeparnias! I've relocated your spotting from the Fish to the "Other" category, and edited the Scientific name field so that it contains only the latin binomial name as per our guidelines.

George.Skeparnias
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George.Skeparnias

Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Πελοποννήσου, Δυτικής Ελλάδας και Ιονίου, Greece

Spotted on Sep 8, 2015
Submitted on Jul 2, 2017

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