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Chrysaora quinquecirrha (known as the Atlantic sea nettle or East Coast sea nettle)
Chrysaora quinquecirrha (known as the Atlantic…
Illustration of Heliopora coerulea (Blue Coral), which is so named as the skeleton is blue. It is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN due to overharvesting for the aquarium industry.
Heliopora coerulea (Blue Coral)
Illustration showing a plate coral that has been preyed upon by a Crown of Thorns starfish.
Plate coral: crown of thorns damage
Illustration of coral larva or planula.
Coral larva
Illustration of a Catostylus Mosaicus (Jelly Blubber)
Catostylus mosaicus (Jelly Blubber)
Conceptual diagram illustrating the structure of a coral polyp.
Structure of a coral polyp
Illustration of Pocillopora meandrina (Cauliflower Coral)
Pocillopora meandrina (Cauliflower Coral)
Anemones are voracious eaters. Stinging cells (nematocytes) on their tentacles parlyze small prey. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Anemone
Moon jellyfish, named for their translucent, moonlike circular bell. Moon jellies have a short, fine fringe (cilia) that sweeps food toward the mucous layer on the edge of the bell. Prey is stored in pouches until the oral arms pick it up and begin to digest it. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia labiata)
Sea nettles hunt by trailing tentacles and mouth-arms covered in stinging cells which paralyze and capture prey, moving them to the mouth where they can be digested. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Sea nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens)
Illustration of Acropora with black band disease
Acropora: black band disease
Illustration of Acropora with brown band disease
Acropora: brown band disease
Illustration of a sea anemone
Sea anemone 2
Purple-striped jellies mysteriously appear near the shores of Monterey in certain seasons. Young cancer crabs are often found clinging to these jellies, even inside the gut. The crab helps the jelly by eating parasitic amphipods. Photographed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Purple-striped Jelly (Chrysaora colorata)
Illustration of bleached Acropora cervicornis (antler coral).
Acropora cervicornis: bleached
Illustration of mushroom coral (Fungiidae)
Mushroom coral (Fungiidae)
Illustration of an octocoral (Octocorallia)
Octocoral (Octocorallia)
Illustration of Porites (Finger Coral)
Porites (Finger Coral)
Illustration of lobe coral (Porites lobata).
Porites lobata (lobe coral)
Illustration of bleached Porites lobata (lobe coral).
Porites lobata: bleached
Black Sea nettles in the New England Aquarium.
Black Sea nettle
Illustration of a Gorgonian sea fan
Gorgonian: sea fan
Illustration of a Gorgonian sea whip
Gorgonian: sea whip
Illustration of Acropora cervicornis (Staghorn Coral)
Acropora cervicornis (Staghorn Coral)
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