egg yolk jelly
Phacellophora camtschatica
Classification
- Class
- Scyphozoa
- Order
- Semaeostomeae
- Family
- Phacellophoridae
Phacellophora camtschatica est une espèce de méduses de la famille des Phacellophoridae. Répartition Phacellophora camtschatica se rencontre dans l'Arctique, le Pacifique, l'Atlantique et dans l'Ouest de l'océan Indien. Cette espèce est présente entre 50 et 330 m de profondeur.
Phacellophora, commonly known as the fried egg jellyfish or egg-yolk jellyfish, is a very large jellyfish in the monotypic family Phacellophoridae containing a single species Phacellophora camtschatica. This genus can be easily identified by the yellow coloration in the center of its body which closely resembles an egg yolk, hence its common name. Some individuals can have a bell close to 60 cm (2 ft) in diameter, and most individuals have 16 clusters of up to a few dozen tentacles, each up to 6 m (20 ft) long.
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