Rhizostomae

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 7 seconds

Haus des Meeres, Vienna / Austria

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 14 seconds

Haus des Meeres, Vienna / Austria

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 12 seconds

Haus des Meeres, Vienna / Austria

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 20 seconds

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 44 seconds

South Pacific jellyfish

Huge swarms of these medusae, inhabitants of Jellyfish Lake, have symbiotic algae. The medusae swim back and forth across the lake to stay in the sun as long as possible. Their nematocysts have lost all their potency.

Jelly fish

Versuriga anadyomene

Stomolophus meleagrisSource: <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stomolophus_meleagris.jpg> by DocTaxon; DocWatch, permission by Dauphin Island Sea Lab.

South Pacific jellyfish

Versuriga anadyomene

Versuriga anadyomene

Versuriga anadyomene close

Versuriga anadyomene closer

Versuriga anadyomene with Brittlestar