MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) | Meet Tiburonia granrojo, the jelly known as Big Red ❤️ #deepsea #jellyfish #montereybay #bigred @MBARIvideo | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Big red jellies can reach up to a meter across. These jellies are covered in tiny harpoon-like cells that stun prey. Unlike other jellies, big red doesn’t have tentacles. Instead, a cluster of finger-like oral arms dangle beneath its bell that help the animal capture food.
Big Red was first discovered off the central California coast in 1988, by MBARI staff. This jelly has been spotted across the Pacific Ocean, from Baja California to Hawaii to Japan.
Something so big, with such a large range, remaining undiscovered for so long shows just how little we’ve explored the deep sea—and suggests that there is much more out there waiting to be found.
Learn more about this and other remarkable animals of the deep: mbari.co/AnimalsOfTheDeep
Big red jellies can reach up to a meter across. These jellies are covered in tiny harpoon-like cells that stun prey. Unlike other jellies, big red doesn’t have tentacles. Instead, a cluster of finger-like oral arms dangle beneath its bell that help the animal capture food.
Big Red was first discovered off the central California coast in 1988, by MBARI staff. This jelly has been spotted across the Pacific Ocean, from Baja California to Hawaii to Japan.
Something so big, with such a large range, remaining undiscovered for so long shows just how little we’ve explored the deep sea—and suggests that there is much more out there waiting to be found.
Learn more about this and other remarkable animals of the deep: mbari.co/AnimalsOfTheDeep
