Cassiopeia xamachana
Fast Facts
- Their body is 95% water.
- Upside-down jellies have a symbiotic relationship with algae that help give them their color and provide them with oxygen and glucose.
- Since they spend most of their time upside down, they easily can be mistaken as an anemone.
- Their flat bell acts like a suction cup to adhere to the sand.
Range
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and southern Florida
Habitat
Shallow lagoons, coastal mangrove forests
Size
1 foot across, 6 inches high
Nutrition
Zooplankton