Jellywish
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Jellywish
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Img_0468
Description
Photo taken of jellyfish at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific. Sea jellies have translucent bodies with bell-shaped bodies, tentacles or oral arms and are members of the phylum Cnidaria. At the Long Beach Aquarium, jellyfish are referred to as sea jellies because technically they are not fish. The origin of the genus name Chrysaora lies in Greek mythology with Chrysaor, brother of Pegasus and son of Poseidon and Medusa. Translated, Chrysaor means "he who has a golden armament." Chrysaora fuscescens (commonly known as the Pacific sea nettle or West Coast sea nettle) is a common free-floating scyphozoan that lives in the East Pacific Ocean from Canada to Mexico. Sea nettles have a distinctive golden-brown bell with a reddish tint. The bell can grow to be larger three feet in diameter in the wild. The long, spiraling, white oral arms and the 24 undulating maroon tentacles may trail behind as far as 15 feet. For humans, its sting is often irritating, but rarely dangerous. They have proven to be very popular for display at public aquariums due to their bright colors and relatively easy maintenance. When provided appropriate aquarium conditions, the medusae do well under captive conditions. Chrysaora fuscescens is capable of both sexual reproduction in the medusa stage and asexual reproduction in the polyp stage.
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October 5th, 2012
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Comments (10)
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is Featured on the homepage of the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 A Day" group! l/f 11/19/22
Jennie Breeze
Thanks Bruce! Appreciate being featured in your FISH ARTISTS group homepage.
Jennie Breeze replied:
Great to be featured and selected in your FOR CHILDREN art group. Thanks First Star!
Jennie Breeze
Thanks for featuring my image, 'Jellywish' on the 'Loving Van Gogh' group homepage. Your selection is greatly appreciated, since there were so many wonderful images to choose from.
Bob Orsillo
The look magical - don't they! Awesome photography Jennie! v/f
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks for taking the time to make such a wonderful comment. It means a lot since I'm becoming a fan of your amazing art work.