Pandea conica

Pandea conica is a species of hydromedusa, an anthomedusan jellyfish recognized by its distinctively tall, conical bell. It is a deep-water species rather than a beach or shallow-coast animal.

It is found in temperate and cold oceanic waters in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Records come mainly from offshore, deeper sampling rather than coastal waters.

It belongs to the family Pandeidae, within the anthomedusan hydromedusae, a group that includes many bell-shaped, tentacled species. Its conical bell shape is reflected in its scientific name.

Like other hydromedusae, it is presumed to feed on small zooplankton such as copepods, captured with its tentacles and passed to the mouth. Its deep-water habitat means its diet has been little studied directly.