Jelly ID

[crab]

Howdy,

I was diving Sunrise (among other locations) last week when I got a shot of this jelly--that I originally thought was a Fried Egg, but no longer think so. Can someone help me ID it?

Thanks!

Dale

 

[Uncle Pug]

Why don't you think it is a fried egg jelly?

 

[crab]

Why don't you think it is a fried egg jelly?

I looked up a few and they seemed to have much longer tenticles and also appeared to be generally more rounded-- like a globe. This one looked much more linear to me...
On top of that, it looks more poached than fried to me. Perhaps that is why I was having a hard time with the ID in the first place.

Are you intimating that I really have a shot of a fried egg after all?

 

[Bottle Diver]

Looks like an Egg Yolk Jelly (aka Fried Egg Jelly) to me. Their central mass is yellow, they have 16 lappets and rhopalia (scalloped edges, for lack of a better description). This looks pretty classic.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Howdy,

I was diving Sunrise (among other locations) last week when I got a shot of this jelly--that I originally thought was a Fried Egg, but no longer think so. Can someone help me ID it?

Thanks!

Dale

Seriously nice picture .... I'd give it a 10 ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[fpoole]

Yup, egg yolk jelly (I think anyway).. there's another post where I put up some photos..

http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=107083&highlight=egg+yolk

Post # 9...

 

[crab]

I'm going to officially call it an egg yolk jelly. Thanks for the feedback. And, thanks for the 10, Bob. You're very kind.

 

[fpoole]

I'm going to officially call it an egg yolk jelly. And, thanks for the 10, Bob. You're very kind.

Yah, they're not easy to photo as the focusing becomes a problem.. it's grrrrrr-eat shot...

 

[Ann Marie]

Sorry fftopic:

Great picture. Did you do something in photoshop to turn the background black? Would you let me know the steps? Thanks!

 

[H2Andy]

crab, whatever it is, that is an amazing picture... just awesome

ann marie, as far as i know (i'm a newbie), certain settings in the camera
will result in a black background because the light of the flash hits nothing,
so it doesn't register back to the lens.