Deep sea jellies stuck at surface
Description and Comments
Cruising slicks (Langmuir circulation cells) we found one Ptychogena californica, 2 Pandea conica, 1 Amphinema sp., 3 Forskalia sp. and many other unidentified deep sea gelatinous zooplankton. No wind, swells subsided today, lots of kelp drifting.
Type of organism
Jellyfish
Quantity
6
Latitude
36.62
Longitude
-121.97
Comments
Great. By Forskalia, you mean
Great. By Forskalia, you mean the siphonophore, right?
Oh and we also saw one while
In reply to Great. By Forskalia, you mean by jellywatch
Oh and we also saw one while descending with the ROV on Tuesday 5th while on the Pt. Lobos. Unfortunately VARS wasn't working for us at the moment.
Yes! I spelled it wrong, very
Yes! I spelled it wrong, very rare to see them, usually only see one at a time. This time we saw three!