swap_horiz Muggiaea atlantica Alternatives

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Immortal Jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)

Turritopsis dohrnii is a very small hydrozoan jellyfish associated originally with the Mediterranean but now recorded in...

Tiny Mediterranean Hydrozoa Biologically Immortal

9.2 Excellent

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Crystal Jellyfish (Aequorea victoria)

The crystal jelly, Aequorea victoria, is a transparent hydrozoan medusa found along the Pacific coast of North America....

Transparent Pacific Bioluminescent Hydrozoa

9.2 Excellent

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Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis)

The Portuguese man o' war, Physalia physalis, is a pelagic hydrozoan composed of specialized individuals functioning tog...

Pelagic Colonial Venomous Hydrozoa

9.0 Excellent

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Warty Comb Jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)

The warty comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi, is a transparent marine ctenophore native to Atlantic coastal waters of the Ame...

Atlantic Bioluminescent Invasive Ctenophora

8.5 Great

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Bluebottle (Physalia utriculus)

The bluebottle, commonly identified as Physalia utriculus in Indo-Pacific waters, is a colonial hydrozoan rather than a...

Australia Pacific Venomous Hydrozoa

8.3 Great

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Flower Hat Jellyfish (Olindias formosus)

The flower hat jellyfish, Olindias formosus, is a hydrozoan medusa found in coastal waters of the western Pacific, parti...

Rare Colorful Pacific Venomous

8.1 Great

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Halitrephes maasi

Halitrephes maasi is a deep-sea hydromedusa in the family Halicreatidae, known from the open ocean at substantial depths...

Pelagic Rare Colorful Deep Sea

8.1 Great

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By-the-Wind Sailor (Velella velella)

Velella velella, commonly called the by-the-wind sailor, is a colonial hydrozoan that lives at the ocean surface rather...

Pelagic Sail Surface Colonial

7.9 Good

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Turritopsis nutricula

Turritopsis nutricula is a small hydrozoan jellyfish originally described from the western Atlantic. It has often been a...

Tiny Caribbean Hydrozoa Biologically Immortal

7.9 Good

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Chrysaora hysoscella (Compass Jellyfish)

Chrysaora hysoscella, commonly called the compass jellyfish, is a scyphozoan jellyfish found in the northeastern Atlanti...

Coastal Patterned Venomous Atlantic

7.9 Good

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Craspedacusta sowerbii (Freshwater Jellyfish)

Craspedacusta sowerbii is a small freshwater hydrozoan commonly called the freshwater jellyfish. Native to the Yangtze R...

Tiny Freshwater Invasive Hydrozoa

7.6 Good

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Nanomia bijuga

Nanomia bijuga is a species of colonial pelagic hydrozoan belonging to the order Siphonophorae, closely related to coral...

Pelagic Colonial Deep Sea Hydrozoa

7.4 Good

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Blue Button (Porpita porpita)

Porpita porpita is a small colonial hydrozoan of tropical and subtropical oceans, resembling a blue button up to 3 cm ac...

Pelagic Surface Tropical Colonial

7.3 Good

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Clinging Jellyfish (Gonionemus vertens)

Gonionemus vertens, known as the clinging jellyfish, is a small hydrozoan native to the North Pacific Ocean that has sin...

Pacific Venomous Invasive Shallow

7.2 Good

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Olindias phosphorica

A bioluminescent hydromedusa found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, notable for its complex tentacle arrangeme...

Coastal Venomous Atlantic Bioluminescent

7.0 Good

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Blackfordia virginica

Blackfordia virginica is a hydrozoan in the family Blackfordiidae that alternates between a small hydroid stage and a co...

Small Invasive Estuarine Hydrozoa

6.9 Fair

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Maeotias marginata

Maeotias marginata is a hydrozoan medusa in the family Olindiidae that lives in low-salinity and brackish water. Its nat...

Venomous Invasive Estuarine Hydrozoa

6.7 Fair

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Neoturris pileata

Neoturris pileata is a species of leptomedusa, the free-swimming medusa stage of a hydrozoan. It is associated with the...

Coastal Atlantic Bell Shaped Hydrozoa

6.5 Fair

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Leuckartiara octona

Leuckartiara octona is a hydrozoan medusa in the family Pandeidae. Its umbrella is taller than wide and usually has a pr...

Small Coastal Atlantic Hydrozoa

6.4 Fair

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Moerisia lyonsi

Moerisia lyonsi is a small hydrozoan jellyfish in the order Limnomedusae. It was described from Lake Manzala, a brackish...

Small Invasive Estuarine Hydrozoa

6.4 Fair