Methods/Cyaneidae

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Cyaneidae

Cyanea Sp 

Tank

1. Place jellyfish in a tank.

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

Table 

1. Subumbrella up, tentacles/oral arms out.

- Measure Bell Diameter: ______________

- Measure Bell Thickness: 

  1. _______
  2. _______
  3. _______

2. Move tentacles/oral arms from quadrant.

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: ______________

4. Flip animal so exumbrella face up.

5. Count the tentacles of the first quadrant: ______________