Dancing Sea Nettles
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Dancing Sea Nettles
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Chrysaora fuscescens (commonly known as the Pacific sea nettle or West Coast sea nettle) is a common free-floating scyphozoan that lives in the East Pacific Ocean from Canada to Mexico.
Sea nettles have a distinctive golden-brown bell with a reddish tint. The bell can grow to be larger than one meter (three feet) in diameter in the wild, though most are less than 50 cm across. The long, spiraling, white oral arms and the 24 undulating maroon tentacles may trail behind as far as 15 feet. For humans, its sting is often irritating, but rarely dangerous.
Chrysaora fuscescens has proven to be very popular for display at public aquariums due to their bright colors and relatively easy maintenance. It is possible to establish polyps and culture Chrysaora in captivity. When provided appropriate aquarium conditions, the medusae do well under captive conditions. Jellyfish or jellies are the major non-polyp form of individuals of the phylum Cnidaria. They are typified as free-swimming marine animals consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. The bell can pulsate for locomotion, while stinging tentacles can be used to capture prey.
Jellyfish are found in every ocean, from the surface to the deep sea. Scyphozoans are exclusively marine, but some hydrozoans live in freshwater. Large, often colorful, jellyfish are common in coastal zones worldwide. Jellyfish have roamed the seas for at least 500 million years, and possibly 700 million years or more, making them the oldest multi-organ animal.
FEATURED 5/31/15 in "Animals and Birds in the Wild"
FEATURED 5/31/15 in "Beauty"
FEATURED 6/3/15 in "Out of the Ordinary"
FEATURED 6/3/15 in "Meditation,Motivation, Inspiration"
FEATURED 6/3/15 in "The Artistic Photographer"
FEATURED 6/15/2015 in "Water, Water and Water"
FEATURED 6/16/15 in "The World We See"
FEATURED 6/22/2015 in "The 200 Club
FEATURED 6/28/15 in "Once Weekly All Starz"
FEATURED 7/1/15 in "The Collector's Gallery"
FEATURED 7/28/15 in "500 to 1000 Views"
FEATURED 8/11/15 in "500 Views One Image"
FEATURED 4/5/17 in "1000 Views"
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Comments (22)
Melly Terpening
Stunning capture, Venetia! F/l/p
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you Melly - I have not seen this one in some time! Thanks for the l/f/p :)
Miroslava Jurcik
Nominating for 1000 views special feature !! l/f
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you very much for the nomination for the 1000 Views special feature and the l/f :)
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #6 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group l/f/p
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations on your graduation from the 200 Club. Now I'll have to visit it in the 500 plus ranks!
Mike Breau
Very beautiful meditative capture of these wonderful dancing sea nettles Venetia. Congratulations on your feature in 1 Weekly ALL Stars.L/F
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations on achieving over 200 views and on the feature of your beautiful photography on the home page of The 200 Club, an elite group for rising star photos between 200 and 500 views.
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Thank you for the feature Barbara - I could watch these creatures for hours!!
Barbara Chichester
Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in one of the most highly viewed Art Groups on Fine Art America. MOTIVATION MEDITATION INSPIRATION! From the hundreds of pieces of artwork received daily to review and choose from, your work has been chosen because of it's Excellence! Congratulations!
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