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Ode to Andrey
I like these creatures, mysterious, graceous, moving like a slow perpetuum immobile. Not that sharp, if I'd known this snap was to be placed in Jungle Dragon I would have taken the extra two seconds and then run and catch up with my family:) The biominal name is a good guess, so feel free to adjust it. About the pictue: it's out of focus, but the colours I do like. To me they represent the mistery of the deep.
"Phyllorhiza punctata" is a species of jellyfish, also known as the Australian spotted jellyfish or the White-spotted jellyfish. It is native to the southwestern Pacific, where it feeds primarily on zooplankton. P. punctata average 45-50 cm in bell diameter but there had been a maximum reported size of 62 cm. However, in October, 2007, one 72 cm. wide, perhaps the largest ever recorded, was found on Sunset Beach, NC. In July 2007 smaller ones were seen in Bogue Sound much further north along the.. more
