OH. OH MY. Neoturris- truly a gorgeous swimming brain-jelly! (again-NOT a brain but the gonads and guts and stuff! ) #hydromedusae www.inaturalist.org/observations...
I'm not sure if this is correct or incorrect but it demonstrates the complicated #taxonomy in #hydromedusae! they undergo life cycle changes from swimming bell to asexual hydroid as part of their life cycle! Gotta grow out the whole thing to find out who it is! www.inaturalist.org/observations...
ha ha. I often wish I was just a gelatinous brain-like bunch of gonads in a clear #hydromedusae wrapper! Leuckartiara www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Leuckartiara ..but in RED! #hydromedusae www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Here's a Leuckartiara with all of this going on inside its clear bell! #hydromedusae www.inaturalist.org/observations...
More #hydromedusae that look like they got brains bouncin' around in a jar! www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Red Paper Lantern Jelly! #hydromedusae today! www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Pandea conica, more #hydromedusae fun plus hyperiid amphipod friend! www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Pandea conica showing off that "brain" (=gonads if I'm not mistaken) inside of its transparent bell! #hydromedusae www.inaturalist.org/observations...