Here is an animated podcast featuring the fried egg jelly, the moon jelly, parasitic amphipods, and some crabs. Narration is by Trisha Towanda, the score is by Amil Byleckie, and the drawing and editing is by Sophia Tintori. The video is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license. Check out CreatureCast.org to read about this story, or to find others stories about animals.
Item Type: Image Title: Moon jelly Copyright: Serpent Project Species: Aurelia aurita Behaviour: Drifting Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- SchiehallionNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Schiehallion Site Description: Midwater Depth (m): 450 Latitude: 60 deg 20' 03" N Longitude: 4 deg 05' 56" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Temperate Water Column Rig: Regalia Project Partners: Transocean, Subsea 7, BP ROV: Centurion 30 Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 13 March 2007
Description: A jelly, possibly Pelagia sp., floating in the water column in the Gulf of Mexico Item Type: Video Title: Jelly in the Gulf of Mexico Species: Pelagia sp. Behaviour: Floating in water column Site: Atlantic -- Gulf of Mexico -- Green Canyon 821 Site Description: Midwater Depth (m): 457 Latitude: 27 deg 09' 20" N Longitude: 90 deg 29' 43" W Countries: Mexico -- Gulf of Mexico Rig: Transocean Marianas Project Partners: BP, Oceaneering, Transocean ROV: Millennium Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 16 May 2007
