The upside-down jellyfish, genus Cassiopea, is found in shallow, warm coastal waters such as mangroves and lagoons, named for its unusual habit of resting bell-down on the sea floor with its frilled oral arms facing upward toward the sun. This orientation lets its arms, which host symbiotic photosynthetic algae similar to those in corals, capture sunlight, supplementing its diet with nutrients the algae produce; it can swim but spends most of its time nearly motionless in this inverted position, gently pulsating its bell.
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Comparison
CITES Appendix Scientific Name Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Cassiopea
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Cassiopea
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Cassiopea
Wikipedia- Introduction
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The medusa usually lives upside-down on the sea floor in shallow areas, which has earned them their common name.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Upside-down Jellyfish
3. Upside-down jellyfish (Wikipedia)
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
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5. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Cassiopea
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Cassiopea"
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