#mitrocoma cellularia

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cross jellies (mitrocoma cellularia) and crystal jellies (aequorea victoria) | lonelyspruce on ig

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Had an idyllic afternoon looking for jellies off the dock and taking photos. This is Mitrocoma cellularia, a hydrozoan jellyfish.

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Some moments from nightlighting this year in the Salish Sea.

In order of appearance, this video features:

0:00 - Dendronotus iris, the giant nudibranch - first shown up close to show off its highly branched cerata, and then seen swimming. 0:22 - A harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardii, swimming around the light while it hunts fish. 0:39 - Shrimp and fish circling the light. 1:08 - A squid jets by 1:12 - thousands of long thin larval fish school around the light 1:20 - A large cross jellyfish, Mitrocoma cellularia, pulses its bell to swim, fanning out its many fine tentacles 1:30 - many small fish swarm the pale blue light, blotting out portions of it 1:52 - a long yellow polychaete worm dances and weaves through the water column 2:04 - the crystal jellyfish, Aequorea victoria, swims with an incredible amount of Pleurobrachia bachei ctenophores and other animals in the background and then we zoom past to see more ctenophores. 2:18 - an egg yolk jelly, Phacellophora camtschatica swims by in deep blue water 2:30 - a nudibranch with long narrow cerata, Cumanotus sp., swims by swinging its body back and forth, whipping its cerata around. 2:43 - a sea gooseberry, Pleurobrachia bachei, spins through its fanned out tentacles in a gorgeous dance 2:57 - a small hydrozoan jelly with a yellow mouth and dots around its bell, Proboscidactyla flavicirrata, bounces, pulses, and then turns to the side showing off its branched radial canals 3:11 - a sea gooseberry, Pleurobrachia bachei, spins and casts rainbows with its ctenes, mouth up to the camera 3:21 - an odd gregarious jelly, Clytia gregaria, with an extra radial canal giving it a star shaped mouth, swims in the dark 3:27 - outro card "Thanks for Watching" with instagram, facebook, and bluesky icons and the handle ‪@NonCompliantCyborg‬

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Some critters from Nightlighting 12/16/2023

From left to right, top to bottom:

Enteroctopus dolfeini (Giant Pacific Octopus) paralarvae

Feather Boa Cydippid (not official name, and not yet officially described species of ctenophore, CE Mills is currently working on describing it).

Nanomia bijuga

Mitrocoma cellularia