Fried Egg Jellyfish Are Kind of Adorable â & Thatâs No Yolk.
There are two species that hold the whimsical title of âFried Egg Jellyfishâ: Phacellophora camtschatica and Cotylorhiza tuberculata though the two are quite different from each other in all aspects beside appearance.
Phacellophora camtschatica is a huge jelly that prefers colder waters. Itâs bell can reach up to 2 ft across and its dozens of tentacles reach over 20 ft long! If you donât think this floating egg creature looks very menacing, youâd be right. It has a very weak sting and many small crustaceans take advantage of the jelly by riding on its bell (breakfast to goâŚ?) while snatching up extra food.
Cotylorhiza tuberculata is a much smaller jellyfish that hangs out in warmer waters. It only reaches about 35 cm in diameter, so donât go for this Fried Egg Jelly if you want a big breakfast. Unlike most jellyfish, C. tuberculata can swim on its own, without relying on the currents for movement. Itâs sting (if you can even call it that) is so feeble that it has very little to no effect on humans at all. I mean, it does look like a breakfast food, after all⌠how powerful could it be?Â