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How do the tentacles help jellyfish catch their food?
Jellies hunt passively using their tentacles as drift nets.
What do crystal jellies eat?
They eat other jellies such as the comb jelly. They also eat plankton.
Do comb jellies have nematocysts?
Comb jellies are somewhat different from true jellies (cnidarians). They lack stinging nematocysts and have developed other strategies to feed and protect themselves. Some of these include oral lobes to capture prey and sticky tentacles.
How do jellies use their tentacles?
Jelly fish is a coelentrate which has tentacles. The tentacles have the presence of special cells called cnidoblasts which produces neurotoxin protein. The tentacles of jelly fish aid in * Movement of the organism from one place to another * Catching of prey by paralysing it * Protection of the animal from predator
What is description of a jellyfish?
Jellyfish or jellies are the major non-polyp form of individuals of the phylum Cnidaria. They are typified as free-swimming marine animals consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. The bell can pulsate for locomotion, while stinging tentacles can be used to capture prey.
Description of a jellyfish?
Jellyfish or jellies are the major non-polyp form of individuals of the phylum Cnidaria. They are typified as free-swimming marine animals consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. The bell can pulsate for locomotion, while stinging tentacles can be used to capture prey.
Who was cassiopea married to?
Cassiopeia's husband was Cepheus, the king.
Why do biologists prefer the name sea jelly to the common name of jellyfish?
Because they aren't fish...they don't have scales or gils or fins...they have tentacles and they don't even seem alive, yet they are.
Scientific name for Upside Down jellyfish?
cassiopea xamachana
What body part does a jellyfish use to get its food?
A jellyfish uses its tentacles to capture food. The tentacles have specialized cells called cnidocytes, which contain stinging structures called nematocysts. When the tentacles come into contact with prey, the nematocysts release toxins that paralyze the prey. The jellyfish then moves the prey toward its mouth, located at the center of its bell, using its oral arms. The prey is digested in the jellyfish's gastrovascular cavity. Read more: tinyurl. com/yxz33294
What constellation you use in finding directions in the sky?
cassiopea, Orion and polaris
What month is Cassiopea best seen in?
it is seen in August through September
