they're 6 or 7 inches in diameter, and very lovely. Ours had more brown, contrasting with the white branchy parts.
from Gulfspecimen.org,
True scyphozoan jellyfish are a familiar sight along the seashore, and they can usually be seen pulsating along the shallows, contracting and expanding their umbrellas. Along the southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts a number of species are common. In some summer months millions of pale white Cannonball Jellyfish Stomolophus meleagris rapidly move through the blue water, stinging everything in their path.
sounds romantic, no?
Gorgeous!
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Alice
I remember seeing lots of white, translucent jellies in the ocean along the Monterey Pier, and in the aquarium there, where they had a "jelly" show. But these are a horse (jelly?) of a different color.
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xoxo
Alice
We saw tons of these this weekend in the Bahamas. We didn't know what they were. They just look frustrated when they push themselves into the sand, but the older ones look very calm. They also grow these 2 ears once they've stopped moving. Very wild.
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