Subphylum: Medusozoa
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 10:55AM
[chuck] in Hildur Gudnadottir, Maritime Aquarium, Science, jellyfish

A short clip of a jellyfish performing at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut. The subphylum name was coined by Linnaeus to describe the non-polyp life stage of this creature which is a large, pulsating gelatinous bell with long trailing tentacles. [NOTE: Music by Hildur Gudnadottir (see Leyfdu Ljosinu)]. 

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