Jellyfish Collection

Jellyfishes are both some of the strangest and most beautiful creatures of the ocean. But if you do not live near the ocean, it can be hard to find them and enjoy their diverse colors and shapes. Where I live, the jellyfish species that can be seen at the beach are not very diverse. But I saw a bunch of beautiful jellyfish species when i visited the Malta National Aquarium last summer. These facts together inspired me to design this set, to show off the beauty of some of my favorite jellyfish species from around the world.

This set comes with depictions of six different jellyfish species:

Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita): A translucent jellyfish found in oceans around the world up to a kilometer deep. It is quite simple and only capable of limited motion. Unlike many other jellyfish species, the moon jellyfish's tentacles are very short and their sting is not very potent.

Atolla jellyfish (Atolla wyvillei): Found at depths ranging from one to four kilometers under the sea, this jellyfish lives in the dark. One of its tentacles is longer and stronger than the rest and aids with feeding. When treatened, the atolla jellyfish can produce flases of blue light to attract even bigger predators in an attempt to scare of whatever is attacking it (there's always a bigger fish).

Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata): Fully grown, this jellyfish is one of the largest species of jellyfish known. Although the Lion's Mane jellyfishes found closer to the equator grow to around half a meter in diameter, in colder parts of the world they can grow to several meters in diameters with tentacles of thirty meters long. They use these stinging tentacles to capture prey.

Mangrove upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopeia andromeda): Upside-down jellyfish are different from other jellyfish species in that, you guessed it, they mainly live upside down. They like to point their tentacles up and stick their bell to the seafloor. This points the symbiotic algea living in their tissue to the sun, allowing it to photosynthesize and produce food for the jellyfish.

Mauve stinger (Pelagia noctiluca): A small species of jellyfish found in warm waters with beautiful pink and purple colors. They like to stay relatively close to they surface, although some have been found at more than a kilometer deep. They have a powerful sting that can last up to two weeks, but they are not fatal.

Immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dorhnii): A tiny jellyfish of only a few millimeters wide found in oceans around the world. Their ability to return to their juvenile stage of development after they have reached maturity makes them biologically immortal. Though they can theoretically live forever by repeating this process, they can still die from other causes such as being eaten or from disease.

All the jellyfishes sit on plates representing an environment where they can commonly be found.

Thank you for the support!