jupitersterrain four

a smack of sea jellies

bloomy swarms moon jellyfish 

hydromedusae polyp gelatious umberella

transmits impulses throughout the nerve net and 

around a circular nerve ring a brainless species adapt

to tidal flux they ebb at tide until they hit a gravel bar then 

descend below the current waiting for the tide to rise, ascending 

and allowing them to sweep them back into the bay diving for salt ... 

some have twenty four occelli capable of seeing colour up from down

and sunlight ... suspended on stalks with heavy crystals on one end

 acting like a gyroscope to orient the eyes skyward. They look 

upward to navigate from roots in mangrove swamps to the 

open lagoon and back, watching for the mangrove 

canopy, where they feed. Propolsion is cilia 

paddles or pulsating bell form pelagic 

colonies like siphonophores

00.32am, 28.01.13. © Lizarikk