The Linuche unguiculate also called the sea thimble jellyfish is .51 to .79 in, and is mainly transparent but has a brownish color.

 

The sea thimble jellyfish has eight gonads, four gastric pouches, 16 peripheral stomach pouches, eight tentacles, and eight sense organs. They have short and not very noticeable tentacles. They are umbrella shaped. Sea thimbles are 13 to 20 mm in height. They are an overall a brownish color with a transparent outer coating, and white spots of green and brown. Sea thimbles sting can paralyze or even kill a stung predator.

 

Sad thimble jellyfish live in western, tropical Atlantic Ocean and in the Bahamas. They like to be in shallow, warm, marine waters in the subtropics and tropics. They have arranged a depth of 0-5000 m, but they prefer to be 200-4000 m deep. They are polyandrous which means that they have multiple mates. When they are polyps they can reproduce asexually, but they generally reproduce sexually. Sea thimbles are not on any endangered species list.

 

Sea thimble jellyfish mainly pray on crustacean plankton, copepods, and barnacle larvae. But spade fish, sunfish, sea turtles and other marine animals prey on the sea thimble. They can also produce organic food from carbon dioxide in photosynthesis. When they eat they begin feeding by with pulsation to draw in prey. They then extend four fishing tentacles hike remaining in a still position. When prey has had contact with the fishing tentacles the nematocyst attaches with the exoskeleton of the prey. Then to complete the feeding by the tentacles bringing the pray to the jellyfish's mouth.

 

Overall this animal doesn't do much. But the sea thimble jellyfish is very relaxed and its a go with the flow animal.

 

Author: Madie F.

Date published: 2/2013

 

Sources: http://animal university.ummz.umich.edu/account/linuche_unguiculate.DuBa,M.,2011

http://marine species-identification.org/species.php,1997