Aequorea tenuis, or the flat jellyfish, is a species of hydrozoan found off the coastline of mainland North America. It reaches only two inches in diameter, with more than eighty fine tentacles. As with several other species of Aequorea, these jellyfish bioluminesce from the base of their tentacles when disturbed.
Aequorea tenuis, or the flat jellyfish, is a species of hydrozoan found off the coastline of mainland North America. It reaches only two inches in diameter, with more than eighty fine tentacles. As with several other species of Aequorea, these jellyfish bioluminesce from the base of their tentacles when disturbed.
Aequorea tenuis is een hydroïdpoliep uit de familie Aequoreidae. De poliep komt uit het geslacht Aequorea. Aequorea tenuis werd in 1862 voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Agassiz.
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