Mastigiidae Stiasny 1920

North Pacific Ocean, Duration 14 seconds

Coral Sea, Duration 26 seconds

Haus des Meeres, Vienna / Austria

Spotted Jellyfish Mastigias papua at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

North Pacific Ocean, Duration 23 seconds

Coral Sea, Duration 20 seconds

Haus des Meeres, Vienna / Austria

Mastigias papua

North Pacific Ocean, Duration 30 seconds

Coral Sea, Duration 21 seconds

Haus des Meeres, Vienna / Austria

North Pacific Ocean, Duration 56 seconds

Eastern North Pacific Ocean, Duration 44 seconds

Haus des Meeres, Vienna / Austria

North Pacific Ocean, Duration 15 seconds

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 7 seconds

Haus des Meeres, Vienna / Austria

Haus des Meeres, Vienna / Austria

South Pacific jellyfish

Haus des Meeres, Vienna / Austria

Huge swarms of these medusae, inhabitants of Jellyfish Lake, have symbiotic algae. The medusae swim back and forth across the lake to stay in the sun as long as possible. Their nematocysts have lost all their potency.

Versuriga anadyomene

South Pacific jellyfish

Versuriga anadyomene