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Mediterranean jelly or fried egg jellyfish/ medusa huevo frito o del Mediterráneo.

Cotylorhiza tuberculata

Description:

It seems that this jellyfish's sting has very little or no effect on humans. The smooth, elevated dome is surrounded by a gutter-like ring. The marginal lappets are elongated and subrectangular. Each mouth-arm bifurcates near its base and branches several times. In addition to some larger appendages there are many short, club-shaped ones that bear disk-like ends.

Habitat:

La Manga del Mar Menor, Cartagena, España.

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8 Comments

marta vázquez
marta vázquez 12 years ago

Es probable, Lali. Voy a comprobarlo. Gracias.

eulalia rubio
eulalia rubio 12 years ago

Marta, no veo que tengas un patche especial para los polinizadores. Seguramente ha coincidido que han utilizado el spotting del polinizador para enviarte el patche de otra cosa, eso me ha pasado a mí en alguna ocasión.

marta vázquez
marta vázquez 12 years ago

Thanks Karen!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Fascinating!

marta vázquez
marta vázquez 12 years ago

Thanks, Palaimon.

marta vázquez
marta vázquez 12 years ago

No te imaginas cómo hemos disfrutado buceando, Mariajo. Tengo vídeos, pero aún no los he podido subir. A ver si lo consigo pronto.

mariajo
mariajo 12 years ago

Preciosas.
Veo que tú y Lali no habéis dejado nada por fotografiar en el fondo marino.

Palaimon
Palaimon 12 years ago

very god shoot!

marta vázquez
Spotted by
marta vázquez

Cartagena, Región de Murcia, Spain

Spotted on Aug 26, 2011
Submitted on Oct 14, 2011

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