Medusa. Newport Harbor Entrance, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 10/29/2015. © Peter J. Bryant.

Medusa

Turritopsis nutricula
BOLD Index Number ACI0369

Hydrozoa: Oceanidae

The "Immortal Jellyfish", so-called because it can transform directly from medusa to hydroid.

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Hydroid. Off Newport Pier, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 2/17/2017. © Alicia Navarro