Polyorchis
Polyorchis or Bell Jellies are not a true jelly but actually a hydromedusae, or hydrozoans like Velella and Portuguese Man-of-War. They are transparent with red coloration in their internal organs and eyespots around the rim of their bell. The red pigmentation helps them camouflage. They are often found in harbors, marinas, and other calm waters close to shore. They feed on plankton and benthic crustaceans and are found near the sea floor. Bell jellies bells can...
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Red-eye Medusa
speciesPolyorchis penicillatus
Polyorchis haplus
speciesPolyorchis haplus
Polyorchis karafutoensis
speciesPolyorchis karafutoensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51642.