Thursday, April 25, 2013

Aequorea victoria


Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria 
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptomedusae
Suborder: Conica
Family: Aequoreidae
Genus: Aequorea
Species: A. victoria


The medusae's tentacles are beginning to lengthen. Right now they only seem to have one pair on opposite "corners," but eventually they will have up to 150 on the fully grown animal. The tentacles can be contracted closely towards the body.


 

A. victoria moves with strong muscular contractions of the bell. Here you can see one moving its manubrium around. The manubrium of a jellyfish bears the mouth at its tip.


- Jacqueline Brockhurst 

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