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ID |
Genus &
species |
Common Name |
Caption |
Date Taken |
Location |
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376L11
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Pelagia colorata |
Purple-Striped Jelly |
Kayaking instructor and guide Brian Chance examines a Purple-Striped Jelly that has drifted into Elkhorn Slough from the open ocean and beached. |
November 30, 1999 |
Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing, CA |
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376L13
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Pelagia colorata |
Purple-Striped Jelly |
A Purple-Striped Jelly as drifted into Elkhorn Slough and lodged on a sand bar. The receding tide leaves it out of water. |
November 30, 1999 |
Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing, CA |
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247U05
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Aurelia aurita |
Moon Jelly Fish |
A Moon Jelly Fish's underside is beautiful, delicate, and dangerous. |
July 22, 1994 |
Between Wharf #2 & Shale Beds, Monterey |
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247U09
MSC 115 |
Aurelia aurita |
Moon Jelly |
The pulsing bell of a Moon Jelly pulls lacy stinging tentacles along behind. These jellies are dangerous to small marine life, but not to people. |
July 22, 1994 |
Between Wharf #2 & Shale Beds, Monterey, CA, Monterey Bay N |
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459U21
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Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
An Egg-Yolk Jelly reveals a delicate underside, laced with dangerous stinging cells. |
July 23, 1999 |
Local's Ledge, Pebble Beach, CA |
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459U22
MSC 139 |
Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
An Egg-Yolk Jelly glows in sunlight filtered through the aquamarine Pacific. |
July 23, 1999 |
Local's Ledge, Pebble Beach, CA |
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511U34
MSC 162 |
Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
A juvenile Egg-Yolk Jelly, found drifting off the open coast of Big Sur. This tiny youngster, just a few inches long, will develop many more tentacles |
June 10, 2000 |
Pfeiffer Pinnacle, Big Sur Coast, Monterey Bay National Mari |
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512U06
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Pelagia colorata |
Purple-Striped Jelly |
Trailing behind the 30-inch wide bell of a Purple-Striped Jelly are 15 feet or more of tentacles and these lacy "skirts.". |
June 11, 2000 |
Pfeiffer Pinnacle, Big Sur Coast, Monterey Bay National Mari |
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520U33
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Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
A Diver encounters an Egg-Yolk Jelly |
August 15, 2000 |
Whalers' Cove, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, CA |
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520U37
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Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
An Egg-Yolk Jelly spreads a wide lacy net of dangerous tentacles. |
August 15, 2000 |
Whalers' Cove, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, CA |
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521U21
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Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
A Blue Rockfish making a meal of an Egg-Yolk Jelly which has drifted into a kelp bed. |
August 15, 2000 |
Whalers' Cove, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, CA |
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521U22
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Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
An Egg-Yolk Jelly, having strayed into a kelp bed, becomes a meal for several Blue Rockfish. |
August 15, 2000 |
Whalers' Cove, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, CA |
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521U30
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Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
An Egg-Yolk Jelly drifts through a sunny kelp forest. A Blue Rockfish takes advantage of the opportunity to make a meal of the jelly. |
August 15, 2000 |
Whalers' Cove, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, CA |
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538U35
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Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
The food-capturing tentacles of an Egg-Yolk Jelly are nearly invisible, but may stretch many feet across. |
September 30, 2000 |
The Great Pinnacle, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel, CA |
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540U07
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Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
A Scuba Diver approaches an Egg-Yolk Jelly, the jelly's dangerous gossamer tentacles trail into the water in front of her. |
October 15, 2000 |
Honeymoon Rocks, Carmel, CA, Monterey Bay National Marine Sa |
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540U38
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Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
An Egg Yolk Jelly is seen beneath the anchor line of a dive boat. A diver is returning to the boat; a single frond of kelp completes the scene. |
October 15, 2000 |
Honeymoon Rocks, Carmel, CA, Monterey Bay National Marine Sa |
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542U22
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Beroe sp. |
Comb Jelly |
Like a space ship launched into water planet Earth, this comb jelly lives in the vast reaches of oceaninc space. Comb-like rows of hairs provide propu |
December 10, 2000 |
"Awesome Pinnacle," Carmel, CA, Monterey Bay National Marine |
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542U24
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Beroe sp. |
Comb Jelly |
Like a space ship launched into water planet Earth, this comb jelly lives in vast reaches of oceaninc blue. |
December 10, 2000 |
"Awesome Pinnacle," Carmel, CA, Monterey Bay National Marine |
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560U23
MSC 145 |
Mastigas sp. |
Jellyfish Lake Jelly |
A jelly, endemic to isolated jellyfish lake. Looking upward through the water's surface, the jelly is framed against a blue sky with puffy clouds. |
January 1, 2001 |
Jellyfish Lake, Palau
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560U26
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Mastigas sp |
Jellyfish Lake Jelly |
Seen from directly beneath, a pair of jellies in Jellyfish Lake are framed before a blue sky and puffy clouds. The tree-line shore forms a dark rim. |
January 1, 2001 |
Jellyfish Lake, Palau |
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560U30
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Mastigas sp |
Jellyfish Lake Jelly |
Alone yet in good company, each Jelly in Jellyfish Lake is a self-contained spaceship, carrying nutrient producing algae, needing only sunlight. |
January 1, 2001 |
Jellyfish Lake, Palau |
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560U38
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Mastigas sp |
Jellyfish Lake Jelly |
Underwater videographer Chris Greenwood looks over several subjects in Jellyfish Lake. |
January 1, 2001 |
Jellyfish Lake, Palau |
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560U40
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Mastigas sp |
Jellyfish Lake Jelly |
A couple of Jellies, one near us, one far away, pulse their way beneath the surface of Jellyfish lake. |
January 1, 2001 |
Jellyfish Lake, Palau |
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574U29
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Unidentified Jelly |
A whatsis. See wrobel's book. |
February 15, 2001 |
Outer Bluefish Pinnacle, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA |
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683U32
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Aurelia aurita |
Moon Jelly |
A Moon Jelly pulses like a heart, swimming through the lifeblood of the sea. |
October 11, 2002 |
Inner Bluefish Pinnacle, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA |
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703U30
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Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
A small Egg-Yolk Jelly swims into the sun, its tentacles flared gracefully as its bell pulses. |
September 3, 2003 |
Local's Ledge, Pebble Beach, CA |
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703U35
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Phacellophora camschatica |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
A small Egg-Yolk Jelly swims through blue water, its tentacles gently curled as its bell pulses. |
September 3, 2003 |
Local's Ledge, Pebble Beach, CA |
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705U37
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Chrysaora fuscescens |
Brown Jellyfish |
Needs ID |
October 29, 2003 |
Eric's Pinnacle, Pacific Grove, CA, Monterey Bay National Ma |
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724U37
MSC 182 |
Polyorchis penicllatus |
Jelly |
An unusual, transparent jelly. |
June 5, 2004 |
Pfeiffer Pinnacle, Big Sur Coast, Monterey Bay National Mari |
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795U15
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Egg-Yolk Jelly |
Egg-Yolk Jelly in kelp |
August 1, 2007 |
The Fingers, Arena Cove |
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795U16
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Egg-Yolk Jelly |
Egg-Yolk Jelly in kelp |
August 1, 2007 |
The Fingers, Arena Cove |
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795U17
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Egg-Yolk Jelly |
Egg-Yolk Jelly in Giant kelp |
August 1, 2007 |
The Fingers, Arena Cove |
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795U34
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Egg-Yolk Jelly |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
August 1, 2007 |
The Fingers, Arena Cove |
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795U36
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Egg-Yolk Jelly |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
August 1, 2007 |
The Fingers, Arena Cove |
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795U37
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Egg-Yolk Jelly |
Egg-Yolk Jelly in kelp forest |
August 1, 2007 |
The Fingers, Arena Cove |
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796U01
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Egg-Yolk Jelly |
Egg-Yolk Jelly in green water |
August 1, 2007 |
The Fingers, Arena Cove |
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796U08
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Egg-Yolk Jelly |
Egg-Yolk Jelly in green water |
August 1, 2007 |
The Fingers, Arena Cove |
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796U10
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Egg-Yolk Jelly |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
August 1, 2007 |
The Fingers, Arena Cove |
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796U11
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Egg-Yolk Jelly |
Egg-Yolk Jelly in green water |
August 1, 2007 |
The Fingers, Arena Cove |
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796U38
MSC 184 |
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Egg-Yolk Jelly |
Egg-Yolk Jelly |
August 1, 2007 |
The Fingers, Arena Cove |
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832U10
MSC 188 |
Aurelia aurita |
Moon Jelly |
A massive influx of Moon Jellies on a spring day yielded this view of a small fraction of the group.
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May 15, 2008 |
E3, Point Lobos State Marine Reserve |