02-12-2015 17:00 via alaskapublic.org

Ahoy, jellies! Citizen scientist log cnidaria sightings

Crystal… lion’s mane… sea nettle… moon…. comb… the big red… These are some of the species of jellyfish that live in Southeast waters.
The Big Red (Image courtesy of Steven Haddock)
Eric Lunde, a scuba diver in Ketchikan, describes one he encountered:
“It was this gelatinous moon-like grayish orb with just a little bit of a translucent skirt. It was just very still, drifting in the water.”
A California researcher is incorporating public
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