Upside-down Jellyfish [Cassiopea]
Description
Cassiopea is famous for floating upside down, with its bell facing the seafloor and tentacles hanging downward like a living umbrella. Divers often see it slowly pulsing as it rests, and in some areas it may host symbiotic algae that help it thrive in calmer, shallow waters.
Species
Ornate Cassiopea Jellyfish
Cassiopea ornata
Upside-down Jellyfish
Cassiopea xamachana
Two-tone Jellyfish
Cassiopea frondosa
Sucker Upsidedown Jellyfish
Cassiopea andromeda
Cassiopea culionensis
Cassiopea culionensis
Cassiopea depressa
Cassiopea depressa
Cassiopea mayeri
Cassiopea mayeri
Cassiopea medusa
Cassiopea medusa
Cassiopea mertensi
Cassiopea mertensi
Cassiopea ndrosia
Cassiopea ndrosia
Cassiopea vanderhorsti
Cassiopea vanderhorsti
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Cnidarians
Cnidaria
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Cup Animals
Scyphozoa
|
| Order |
Rhizostome Jellyfish
Rhizostomeae
|
| Family |
Cassiopeid
Cassiopeidae
|
Statistics
- Species 11