APHOTOMARINE
An online educational resource dedicated to the photography of
marine themes, marinelife, life on the seashore and in rockpools
in the coastal waters of south-West England by David Fenwick.
Linuche unguiculata (Schwartz, 1788) - Thimble jellyfish (Scyphozoa - Jellyfish Images)
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Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dry medusa polyps 1
Linuche unguiculata
- dry medusa polyps 1
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dried colony of polyps 1
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dried colony of polyps 2
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dorsal view medusa polyps 1
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dorsal view medusa polyps 2
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dry medusae polyps 2
The images above are of dead colonial coronate medusa polyps that were found, as a fouling organism, on a black plastic Stone crab trap, the type used in Florida, USA. The Stone crab trap with Linuche unguiculata was found at Marazion, Cornwall. 27.12.15.
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dead polyps in seawater 1
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dead polyps in seawater 2
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dead polyps in seawater 3
The images above are of dead colonial coronate medusa polyps that were found fouling a 100mm square black plastic container, which was found at Top Tieb beach, Marazion, Cornwall. 28.12.15. Linuche unguiculata polyps were also found at the foot of a Gooseneck barnacle, Lepas (Anatifa) anserifera, inside the container.
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dead polyps on plastic 1
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dead polyps on plastic 2
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- dead polyps on plastic 3
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- Bates Cargo-Pak valve 1
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- Bates Cargo-Pak valve 2
Specimens above found on the plastic air valve of a Bates-Cargo Pak airbag / dunnage bag. A system of protecting goods and preventing movement of shipments in containers. It was found at Marazion, Cornwall. 08.01.16.
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- polyps on 5 gallon drum 1
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- polyps on 5 gallon drum 2
Polyps extensively found on a large 5 gallon container at Gwithian, Cornwall. 11.02.16.
I am very grateful for the expert help of André Carrara Morandini, Chefe do Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; who identified the species.
Whilst it's probably not the first time this species has been found in the UK, it's likely it is the first time the species has been accurately identified, and as a rafting species on flotsam from southern USA and the Gulf of Mexico.
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- growing on rope on a buoy 1
Thimble jellyfish
Linuche unguiculata
- on base of American buoy 1
On ropes and base of an American fishing buoy that washed-up at Gwynver, near Sennen, Cornwall. 24.02.16.
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.