It's World Jellyfish Day?!⁠🪼 Did you know that these gelatinous ocean animals play a crucial role in the marine food web– and help move CO2 from the atmosphere to the deep ocean?! 🤿Dive into the fascinating world of jellies with #OceanEncounters: go.whoi.edu/oe-jellies | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

🌊 Pelagic Purple Jellyfish 🌊 This is the Scyphozoan jellyfish, Thysanostoma loriferum, a member of the Mosaic Jellies (Leptobrachidae family)! It is a relatively rare species with little being known surrounding its ecology, which is the case for a lot of jellyfish species due to the challenges associated with detecting and studying them in their natural environments! 🎥 @yoshua_surjo | We Need This