Name/s: Ghost jellyfish
Scientific name: *Cyanea nozakii
Class: Scyphozoa
Description: The Ghost jellyfish has a bell that is either pale yellow or a cream color rather than being fully transparent. Their bell is more flat-topped and can reach a diameter of up to 50 cm (20 in.). It features eight bundles of marginal tentacles that resemble threads and eight huge marginal lobes. Each bundle may have one hundred or more tentacles that are either translucent or reddish in color and can reach a length of 10 meters (33 feet). Underneath the bell is the manubrim that holds the mouth in the center that’s hidden underneath a plethora of rusty-brown or orange tentacles.
Habitat: Cyanea nozakii is found around the coasts of China1 and Japan.
Threat: Very dangerous to humans
Fun fact:
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chrysaora pacifica - sea nettle ( manila bay, san Miguel, Luzon )
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pelagia panopyra - sea nettle ( entirety of ph )
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cassiopea ornata - upside down jellyfish ( Iligan bay, Mindanao )
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cassiopea ndrosia - upside down jellyfish ( Iligan bay, Mindanao )
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acromitoides purpurus - dark brown jellyfish ( panguil bau, carigara bay, manila bay, babatngon, leyte, capoocan, barugo )
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Thysanostoma loriferum - purple jellyfish ( off Cebu, saranggani bay, honda bay, tao farm )
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versuriga anadyomene - NA ( barugo, leyte )
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alatina alata - winged box jellyfish ( moalboal reef, Cebu )
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carybdea rastonii - box jellyfish ( Mindanao )
( drift? )
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chironex indrasaksajiae - box jellyfish ( babatngon, leyte )
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chironex yamaguchii - salabay ( babatngon, leyte, palawan )
( moon jelly in america. It’s funny )
Other research :
The highly lethal** cubomedusae Malo sp.** and Morbakka sp. have been respectively recorded in Taytay, Palawan
A recent study in Malampaya Sound, Northern Palawan has rediscovered the mangrove panther jellyfish, Acromitus maculatus
Comb jelly found between el nido and coron
https://www.marinespecies.org/index.php
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