Ptychogastria polaris  (Jellyfish)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #83549)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Howe Sound
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	marine, benthic
Photo Date	June 17, 2015
Upload Date	August 25, 2015
Elevation (m)	-20
Latitude	49.5530666666667
Longitude	-123.31145
Photo ID #	83549
Comments	Family Ptychogastriidae. Circumpolar Arctic and Antarctic as shallow as 10 meters. Known also from deep water in BC fjords and from Monterey Bay. Medusa can attach to substrate. This sighting in relatively shallow water is unusual.