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Jellyfish. Spotted jellies swimming in a Tokyo aquarium. Jellyfish, also known as sea jellies, are the medusa -phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, which is a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella-shaped bells and trailing tentacles, although a few are ...
Aquarium of the Bay is a public aquarium located at The Embarcadero and Beach Street, at the edge of Pier 39 in San Francisco, California. The aquarium is focused on local aquatic animals from the San Francisco Bay and neighboring rivers and watersheds as far as the Sierra Mountains. Since 2005 the Aquarium has focused its mission on enabling ...
Aurelia aurita. Aurelia aurita (also called the common jellyfish, moon jellyfish, moon jelly or saucer jelly) is a species of the family Ulmaridae. [1] [2] All species in the genus are very similar, and it is difficult to identify Aurelia medusae without genetic sampling; [3] most of what follows applies equally to all species of the genus.
Aequorea victoria, also sometimes called the crystal jelly, is a bioluminescent hydrozoan jellyfish, or hydromedusa, that is found off the west coast of North America. The species is best known as the source of aequorin (a photoprotein ), and green fluorescent protein (GFP); two proteins involved in bioluminescence.
Now, the mystery is solved: it is a placental jellyfish -- after many. For two years a mysterious sea creature has been captured on video as it swims 5,000 feet below the surface, but scientists ...
Structure of the Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein. [1] The green fluorescent protein ( GFP) is a protein that exhibits green fluorescence when exposed to light in the blue to ultraviolet range. [2] [3] The label GFP traditionally refers to the protein first isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria and is sometimes called avGFP.
A sea of ramen-like jellyfish took over a beach in Florida this week, and a photographer used her drone to catch the sight on video. Amber Fletcher had recently arrived home from taking photos of ...
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