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Drifting Siphonophores, also known as Blue Button Jellyfish (Porpita porpita). Previously thought to be Hydrozoan polyps, but now believed to be highly modified Single Hydroid polyps. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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Blubber Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus). Also known as Jelly Blubber. Queensland, Australia
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Lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with juvenile pelagic Fish sheltering around tentacles. Also known as Hair Jelly and Snotty. Stings cause minor skin burn. Eastern Australia
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Jellyfish (soon to be described) with juvenile pelagic Fish sheltering around tentacles. Southern Australia
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Jimble Box Jellyfish or Southern Sea Wasp (Carybdea rastoni). Southern Australia
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Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) in feeding mode. Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia
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Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) in hunting mode. Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia
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Close detail of extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) tentacles. Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia
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Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia
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Jellyfish (Phyllorhiza peronlesueuri) amongst stromatolites (unique humps of single celled Blue-green Algae). Hamelin Pool, Western Australia.
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Blubber Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus) with captured Shrimp in stinging tentacles. Also known as Jelly Blubber. Queensland, Australia
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Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). Southern Australia
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Blubber Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus) with captured Shrimp in stinging tentacles. Also known as Jelly Blubber. Queensland, Australia
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Comb Jellyfish (Leucothea sp.). Southern Australia
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Juvenile Fish with Jellyfish (Chrysaora southcotti). Southern Australia
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Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) in hunting mode. Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia
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Jimble Box Jellyfish (Carybdea rastoni). Also known as Sea Wasp. Southern Australia
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Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia
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Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.). North Queensland Australia
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Jellyfish (Pseudorhiza haeckeli). Southern Australia
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Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopeia andromeda). Unlike other jellyfish that hunt for food, this jellyfish depends on unicellular algae, zooxanthellae, for nutrition. The jellyfish sits upside down so the algae absorbs sunlight. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Warehou (Seriolella brama) - juvenile sheltering amongst the tentacles of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). Tasmania, Australia
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Box Jellyfish safety swimming net. Swimmers swim in safety within the net enclosure, free of Box Jellyfish which are unable to penetrate the net. Port Douglas, North Queensland, Australia
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First Aid and dangerous Jellyfish warning sign erected on tropical beach. Port Douglas, North Queensland, Australia
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Dangerous Jellyfish warning sign erected on tropical beach. Port Douglas, North Queensland, Australia
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Jellyfish (Chrysaora sp.) and juvenile Fish (possibly: Seriolella brama), sheltering near the jellyfish for protection from open water predators. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
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Jellyfish (Chrysaora sp.) and juvenile Fish (possibly: Seriolella brama), sheltering near the jellyfish for protection from open water predators. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia
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Jimble Box Jellyfish (Carybdea rastoni). Also known as Sea Wasp. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Tasmania, Australia
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Upside Down Jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.). Unlike other jellyfish that hunt for food, this jellyfish depends on unicellular algae, zooxanthellae, for nutrition. The jellyfish sits upside down so the algae absorbs sunlight. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle.
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Jellyfish (Chrysaora sp.). Found in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, to Gulf St Vincent, SA. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia.
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Irukandji Jellyfish (possibly: Alatina mordens). This is a dangerous jellyfish, with a bell length around 10cm long. It has been sighted on the outer Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. Milne bay, Papua New Guinea. Coral Triangle.
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Irukandji Jellyfish (possibly: Alatina mordens). This is a dangerous jellyfish, with a bell length around 10cm long. It has been sighted on the outer Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. Milne bay, Papua New Guinea. Coral Triangle.
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Jellyfish (possibly: Pelagia noctiluca). This jellyfish is found on the Great Barrier Reef and Queensland coast, also Papua New Guinea. Photo was taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopeia andromeda). Unlike other jellyfish that hunt for food, this jellyfish depends on unicellular algae, zooxanthellae, for nutrition. The jellyfish sits upside down so the algae absorbs sunlight. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Diver observing a Comb Jelly (Leucothea sp.). Found in southern Australia in Vic to central NSW and around Tas. Photo was taken at Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
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Diver observing a Giant Crinkled Jellyfish (Versuriga anadyomene). Photo was taken in the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
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Giant Crinkled Jellyfish (Versuriga anadyomene). Photo was taken in the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
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Giant Crinkled Jellyfish (Versuriga anadyomene). Photo was taken in the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
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Diver observing a Giant Crinkled Jellyfish (Versuriga anadyomene). Photo was taken in the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
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Jellyfish (Cyanea rosella). Found off-shore South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Jellyfish (Cyanea rosella). Found off-shore in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken at Whyalla, Spencer Gulf, South Australia, Australia.
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Jellyfish (Cyanea rosella). Found off-shore in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken at Whyalla, Spencer Gulf, South Australia, Australia.
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Jellyfish (Cyanea rosella). Found off-shore in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken at Whyalla, Spencer Gulf, South Australia, Australia.
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Jellyfish (Cyanea rosella). Found off-shore in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. Photo taken at Whyalla, Spencer Gulf, South Australia, Australia.
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Crown Jellyfish (Netrostoma setouchina). Indo-Pacific
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