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Polyorchis penicillatus
A common jelly I find around Kodiak. They have long tentacles, red eyes, and is almost entirely transparent.
Harbor where many commercial and charter fishing boats dock
Spotted on Sep 4, 2019
Submitted on Sep 29, 2019
5 Comments
Thanks Machi. In the article it was unclear if he was referencing only box-jellies or not. Several of the statements seem to include all jellies. I appreciate the info. Again, cool spotting.
Tukup, in the case of this species, they have ocelli, or eyespots/light-sensitive spots. I am not sure if they are as sophisticated as box jellyfish though.
Thanks Mark. I normally test them to see but obviously didn't this time. I'll try it again. https://www.livescience.com/7243-jellyfi...
Hi Dwain - your link below got truncated I think. Might need spaces around it or something.
Tukup
Tukup
just now
I didn't know jellyfish have eyes, so I asked Google. NOAA ocean explorer said, " jellyfish has no ears or eyes or nose and no brain or heart! They do not even have a head. Hmmm. I was confused (a common state of mind for me) as you normally know what you're talking about. So I went further and found they do indeed have eyes https://www.livescience.com/7243-jell... Thanks Machi. Your spottings are always interesting.