Animal Unique | Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) | Lion's Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. Giant Jellyfish or Winter Jellyfish are other name of this creature. Its range is confined to cold, boreal waters of the Arctic, northern Atlantic, and northern Pacific Oceans. It is seldom found farther south than 42°N latitude. Similar jellyfish, which may be the same species, are known to inhabit seas near Australia and New Zealand. You can find them living either deep beneath the ocean surface or just below the surface of the ocean water.
This jellyfish has a large with broad bell flattened at top. It has many arms, with tentacles in 8 clusters on 8 primary lobes. Color and size vary based on the area. It can be pinkish, yellow and orange-brown, or dark brown and red. The Lion's mane jellyfish can grow to a size of more than two meters in diameter. They have a powerful sting and will reel in their prey with their sticky tentacles.
This jellyfish has a large with broad bell flattened at top. It has many arms, with tentacles in 8 clusters on 8 primary lobes. Color and size vary based on the area. It can be pinkish, yellow and orange-brown, or dark brown and red. The Lion's mane jellyfish can grow to a size of more than two meters in diameter. They have a powerful sting and will reel in their prey with their sticky tentacles.
The jellyfish themselves feed mostly on zooplankton, small fish, ctenophores, and moon jellies. Predators of the lion's mane jellyfish include seabirds, larger fish, other jellyfish species, and sea turtles. Lion's mane jellyfish can sting. Thus, you should avoid with lion's mane jellyfish if possible and especially during the peak of their population inencounters the late summer and fall.
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