Silver jellyfish - Silver jellyfish

Japanese: ギンカクラゲ - ぎんかくらげ
Silver jellyfish - Silver jellyfish

A marine animal belonging to the phylum Coelenterata, class Hydrozoa, order Tubule jellyfish, family Porroleidae. Numerous zooids hang down from the underside of a disk-shaped floating part that reaches a diameter of about 4 cm, forming a colony. There is one large trophozoite in the center of the underside of the disk, which is surrounded by numerous microtrophozoites, and several jellyfish-like gametes develop on these microtrophozoites. There are also small and large tentacle-like sensilla around the microtrophozoites, which have short branches equipped with nematocysts. Touching them causes considerable pain. The sensilla and the outer edge of the disk are a beautiful indigo blue color. It is widely distributed in temperate to subtropical seas around the world, and is not uncommon along the Pacific coast of Japan south of central Honshu.

[Mayumi Yamada]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

腔腸(こうちょう)動物門ヒドロ虫綱管(くだ)クラゲ目ギンカクラゲ科に属する海産動物。直径4センチメートルほどに達する円盤状の浮きの部分の下面に、多数の個虫が垂れ下がって群体をつくっている。盤の下面中央に大きな1個の栄養体があり、これの周囲を多数の小栄養体が取り巻いているが、これら小栄養体の上には数個のクラゲ様の生殖体が生ずる。また、小栄養体の周りには大小の触手状の感触体がみられ、それには刺胞(しほう)を備えた短い枝がある。これに触れるとかなりの痛みを感ずる。感触体と盤部の外縁は美しい藍青(らんせい)色を呈する。世界の温帯から亜熱帯の海に広く分布し、日本の本州中部以南の太平洋沿岸でもまれではない。

[山田真弓]

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