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They might change Phacellophora camtschatica's taxon... again

The fried egg jellyfish Phacellophora camtschatica (senso lato) is a morphologically peculiar and conspicuous species occurring mostly in th

I'm not gonna lie, I've been kind of out of Jellyfish research lately but I was perusing the wiki and this caught my eye.

I can't believe it, hahaha. Someone made a pretty strong claim that the P. camtschatica should be in Ulmaridae again (the reason why it was moved to its own family was because ephyra displayed morphological differences to Ulmaridae). This paper argues that P. camtschatica has strong genetic ties to Ulmaridae that doesn't justify it being in its own family...

#it also says that there are four cryptic species of this genus #so maybe I'll have to stop calling it phacellophora camtschatica now haha #right now WoRMS says that the new species are unassessed so I guess they're still looking over it #but the paper was written in 2022... it's quite recent #.professor jellyfish talks #jellyfish #phacellophora camtschatica #jellyfish literature

To be clear, I just learned that there are two different jellyfish with the name 'fried egg', and the picture I used is indeed real, but not a picture of the species I linked in the post.

This is Cotylorhiza tuberculata, which is the photo I posted.

And this is Phacellophora camtschatica, which is the subject of the Wikipedia article I linked.

Today I learned!

#ry.txt #thank god for scientific names i was so confused #jellyfish #animals #sea life #marine life #fried egg jellyfish #phacellophora camtschatica #cotylorhiza tuberculata

Hi so i saw an Egg Yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica) at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and i’m entranced. 🪼🍳

#Phacellophora camtschatica #marine biology #marine biology art #guache art #egg yolk jellyfish #fried egg jellyfish #mmmmm hyperfixation of mine #special interest even #buckle up i have covid and a lot of aquarium photos

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