Bell Jelly
Created by: Kendra Kiger
Basic Information
Scientific Name - Polyorchis sp
Length - About 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) in diameter.
Habitat
What it eats - A bell jelly spends about half its time near the seafloor, where it feeds on small bottom-dwelling creatures like zooplankton.
How they eat - Bell jellies often "hop" up from the seafloor, this movement will stir up sediments, mixing up potential food. They will also swim up to the surface and while they float back down they'll collect plankton.
Cool Information
Their red coloration disappears in deep water where light is low, therefor bell jellies are virtually invisible to deep sea predators.
Zooplankton
Bay
Sea Turtle
Citations
Bell jelly (, Coastal Wetlands, Invertebrates, Polyorchis sp at the Monterey Bay Aquarium)
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animal-guide/invertebrates/bell-jelly
(Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooplankton
wdgordon.com (wdgordon.com)
http://www.wdgordon.com/northeast/index.htm
Sea Turtle Facts (What Do Turtles Eat)