Jellyfish home!

Jellyfish home is my webpage for sharing my love for some of the most interesting critters on the planet. Jellyfish are an incredible animal that come in hundreds if not thousands of different varieties! Did you know Jellyfish can be kept as pets? While not being too popular there is a small community developing the path for keeping these creatures in your home. If you're interested in keeping them I highly suggest checking out Travis Brandwoods site!

Jellyfish tend to get a bad reputation. The box jellyfish are infamous for their dangerous stingers. Luckily only about 2% of jellyfish have the stinging capabilities to harm humans! This means for the rest you should be fine touching them. It is still a good idea to be cautious and gentle while handling them. Due to Jellies being made up of around 95% water they tend to be pretty delicate and are prone to tearing!

fun fact! Box jellyfish aren't true jellyfish! True jellies (Scyphozoa) have mushroom-shaped bells with tenticles all around their bells. Box jellyfish (Cubozoa) have cube-shaped bells with one or more tenticles coming from the corners.


My Favorites

The golden Jellyfish.

Mastigias papua cf. etpisoni, a subspecies of the spotted lagoon jellyfish (Mastigias papua) is one I personally find interesting for a few things. Being found only in Jellyfish lake Eil Malk island in Palau they have completely loss their spots and have a signifigant loss in their clubs. (Clubs are appendages attached to their oral arms)

The Bloodybelly Comb

While not a true jellyfish the Bloodybelly comb remains as one of my favorites. The Bloodybelly comb (Lampocteis) is a magnificent ctenophore, what makes Lampocteis different from other combs is it's deep (blood) red color. The rows of cilia (combs) create an incredible sparkling iridescence that shimmers down it's body. These combs can be found in the north pacific ocean at a typical depth ranging between 250-1500 meters deep. (820-4900ft)

The Helmet Jellyfish

The Helmet jelly (Periphylla periphylla), a deep sea jellyfish which can be found up to depth of 2700 meters! These jellies come with a pointed bell and a red blob inside. That red blob is actually it's stomach! This color helps hide some this jellies bioluminescent prey it eats from attracting other sea creatures. Sunlight can be harmful to these mysterious jellies so they tend to avoid sunlight as much as possible. This might explain why they remain at such deep depths of the ocean!

The Purple-Striped Jellyfish

Chrysaora colorata AKA the majestic Purple-Striped Jellyfish. Their long tenticles/oral arms gracefully floating around as they propell themselves through the water. These jellies have been seen to reach up to 15 feet in length! if you couldn't tell they get their name from the purple stripes on their bell. Fun fact! it's not uncommon to see young crabs living on these jellyfish. These crabs eat parasitic amphipods that feed on the jellyfish. Thank you crabs!