Methods/Cyaneidae

Cyaneidae

Cyanea Sp 

Tank

1. Place jellyfish in a tank.

- Pictures (1-8)

2. Lift up bell, oral arms to expose ends of manubrium.

-Pictures (9)

Table 

1. Subumbrella up, tentacles/oral arms out.

- Measure Bell Diameter: ______________

- Measure Bell Thickness: 

1. _______
2. _______
3. _______

- Pictures (10-11)

2. Move tentacles/oral arms from quadrant.

- Pictures (12-25)

3. Move oral arms to top in a group (reveal oral pillars)

- Measure depth of oral pillar: ______________

- Measure Height of oral pillar: ______________

- Measure the wide of oral pillar: ______________

- Pictures (26-28)

4. Flip animal so exumbrella face up.

- Pictures (30-31)

5. Count the tentacles of the first quadrant: ______________