photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Laura Milholland | all galleries >> Ocean, Sea and Aquarium Life - Fish, Jellies, Crustaceans, etc. >> Just Jellyfish > Sea Gooseberry 2
previous | next
08-May-2018 Laura Milholland

Sea Gooseberry 2

Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA

Mertensia ovum
AKA Arctic Comb Jelly, Sea Nut

They are weakly bioluminescent, and also produce a rainbow effect from the way their pulsing
comb rows (cilia) cause interference with incident light (like the effect seen on an oil slick).

Nikon D5300 ,Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX
1/100s f/3.5 at 35.0mm iso1250 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
comment