Spiny jellyfish - Spiny jellyfish

Japanese: カミクラゲ - かみくらげ
Spiny jellyfish - Spiny jellyfish

A marine animal belonging to the phylum Coelenterata, class Hydrozoa, order Medusa, family Acanthodidae. It is quite large for a hydromedusa, with an umbrella reaching a height of 10 cm and a diameter of about 6 cm. The umbrella is almost bell-shaped, with many arborescent blind tubes extending from the four rays on either side. The stalk in the center of the inner umbrella is almost cylindrical, with a mouth with developed lips at its lower end. A spiral-shaped gonad develops between the rays and the stalk. In young individuals, tentacles extend from eight parts of the umbrella edge, but in older individuals, many tentacles hang down from the entire edge of the umbrella, looking just like human hair, hence the name. There is a prominent eyespot at the base of each tentacle. The whole creature is light green, with blue stalks, gonads, rays, etc., brown internal blind tubes, and red eyespots, making it extremely beautiful. It is a species endemic to Japan, and can be found mainly from winter to spring in inlets and bays along the Pacific coast from Aomori Prefecture to Kyushu. The polyp stage of this species is not yet known. The very similar species, Polyorchis karafutoensis , is found off the coast of Hokkaido in Japan, and is smaller than the Polyorchis karafutoensis, with fewer tentacles.

[Mayumi Yamada]

[Reference] | Jellyfish
Spiral jellyfish (ecology)
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Spiral jellyfish (ecology)


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

腔腸(こうちょう)動物門ヒドロ虫綱花クラゲ目キタカミクラゲ科に属する海産動物。ヒドロクラゲとしてはかなり大形で、傘の高さ10センチメートル、直径6センチメートルほどに達する。傘はほぼ釣鐘状、4本の放射管からは左右に多数の樹枝状の盲管を出している。内傘中央の口柄はほぼ円筒状で、その下端に口唇の発達した口がある。放射管と口柄との中間に螺旋(らせん)状に伸びた生殖腺(せん)が発達する。若い個体では傘縁の八つの部分から触手が出ているが、老熟したものでは傘の全縁から多数の触手が垂れ下がり、ちょうど人の頭髪のようにみえるのでこの名がある。各触手の基部には顕著な眼点がある。全体は薄い緑色、口柄、生殖腺、放射管などは青色、内部の盲管は褐色、眼点は紅色で、きわめて美しい。日本特産種で、青森県から九州までの太平洋岸の内湾や入り江などに、おもに冬から春にかけてみられる。本種のポリプ時代はまだ知られていない。本種によく似たキタカミクラゲPolyorchis karafutoensisは、その名のとおり北方産で、日本では北海道沿岸にみられ、カミクラゲよりは小形で触手の数も少ない。

[山田真弓]

[参照項目] | クラゲ
カミクラゲ(生態)
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カミクラゲ(生態)


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