Desmonema glaciale [Desmonema glaciale]

Description

This species is a cold-water jelly that divers in polar or subpolar regions may encounter as a pale, gelatinous form with trailing tentacles. It tends to be most noticeable when it drifts into view, then fades back into the water column as it’s carried by currents.

Where To See Desmonema glaciale

No sighting locations recorded yet.

Taxonomy
Phylum Cnidarians
Cnidaria
Class Jellyfish and their relatives
Medusozoa
Order Cup Animals
Scyphozoa
Family Jellyfish (disc jellyfish)
Discomedusae
Genus Semaeostome Jellyfish
Semaeostomeae
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