Jellyfish - what's the story??

yeahimhere · 06-08-2013 09:53PM

I've no idea why, as I've never had an interest in jellyfish before, but found this thread really interesting!!

I love hearing someone talk about something they really love an are knowledable about. Think the passion comes across and instantly makes the topic more interesting.

Another question Joe. Are actopus and jellyfish part of the same family? Just always thought because of the tentacles...actually that may be a stupid question...

Rubecula · 06-08-2013 10:18PM

Squid. octopus, nautilous and cuttlefish are all in the same family really but they are not closely related. (Molluscs I believe but without the outer shell in the case of Squid, cuttlefish and octopus)

Capt'n Midnight · 07-08-2013 01:10PM

Rubecula wrote: »

Squid. octopus, nautilous and cuttlefish are all in the same family really but they are not closely related. (Molluscs I believe but without the outer shell in the case of Squid, cuttlefish and octopus)

no relation between jellyfish and cephalopods
they are related to coral and sea anemones

BTW sharks are more closely related to us than to herring

Chancer3001 · 07-08-2013 01:19PM

say whut?

sharks and herrings are both fish?

Capt'n Midnight · 07-08-2013 06:15PM

Chancer3001 wrote: »

say whut?

sharks and herrings are both fish?

The Nobel Prize winning biologist Stephen Jay Gould concluded after a lifetime's studying of fish that there is no such thing as a fish.

Chancer3001 · 07-08-2013 06:30PM

Well I'll be damned. Hd a quick look at Wikipedia there.

Same to coelacanth...a fish that's more closely related to mammals than to other fish....

You learn something new every day!!

SlipperyPeople · 21-08-2013 02:12PM

Some cool jellyfish pictures taken from the north Atlantic

link

Jellyfish - what's the story??

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