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The Scyphozoan Jellyfishes
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by Bob Fenner
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| Cassiopeia, the "Upside-down Jellyfish".
Sometimes sold as an aquarium species. These are shallow water lagoon and
mangrove swamp animals that use both photosynthesis (via symbiotic algae)
and many small mouths scattered on their "tentacles" (eight
oral-arms) to suck-in zooplankton for food. Favored foods of Ocean
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| Cassiopeia frondosa. Here in Jamaica |
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