Almost entirely transparent and colorless, and sometimes difficult to resolve, Aequorea victoria possess a highly contractile mouth and manubrium at the center of up to 100 radial canals that extend to … Meer weergeven

Aequorea species can be fairly difficult to tell apart, as the morphological features on which identifications are made are mostly the numbers of tentacles, numbers of radial … Meer weergeven

Aequorea victoria typically feed on soft-bodied organisms, but the diet may also include some crustacean zooplankton such as Meer weergeven

This jellyfish is capable of producing flashes of blue light by a quick release of calcium (Ca ), which interacts with the photoprotein aequorin. The blue light produced is in turn transduced to green by the now famous green fluorescent protein (GFP). This … Meer weergeven

Aequorea victoria are found along the North American west coast of the Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea to southern California. … Meer weergeven

Aequorea victoria have a dimorphic life history, alternating between asexual benthic polyps and sexual planktonic medusae in a seasonal pattern. Aequorea victoria … Meer weergeven

Aequorea medusae are eaten by the voracious scyphozoan Cyanea capillata, commonly called the lion's mane jelly, as well as ctenophores, siphonophorae and other hydromedusae, including documented cases of cannibalism. Many larger … Meer weergeven