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Upside-down jellyfish - Cassiopea sp.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Those green things are fish? That's quite mysterious. Posted 14 years ago
1. David Gavin
  
  Bull Frog
  
  Yeah, it appears as though a few are swimming free. It almost appears to be one of those co-habitative lifestyles, like the cleaning fish that live off of the bacteria on sharks and whales.
  Only here, it looks like they're cleaning a jellyfish... I'm stumped! Posted 14 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Sounds like a solid theory. It is quite often in coral reefs that species team up to benefit from each other. Posted 14 years ago
3. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  This is an upside-down jellyfish - Cassiopea sp. The mesogloea, the jelly-like tissue, contains symbiotic zooxanthellae, single-celled protists, which are photosynthetic and give the jellyfish its variable color, often bluish-grey or bluish-green.
  http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animal-guide/invertebrates/upside-down-jelly Posted 10 years ago

Wendy

Lion

Interesting shot of these strange green fellows :) Posted 14 years ago

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By David Gavin

Uploaded Jun 29, 2011. Captured Jun 29, 2011 14:14.

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