Tall Top Jelly? with Hitchhikers

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Tall Top Jelly? with Hitchhikers

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Took this picture at Redondo, got home, blew it up to be able to ID it and...

Surprise, Surprise!

There are hitchhikers riding along. I think the Jelly is a Tall Top Jelly Leuckartiara spp..

Not sure what the other guys are.

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Photo Cropped and left large so you could see the little freeloaders.
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Very nice Tim!
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Post by nwscubamom »

Tis the season I think!!! Someone else just sent in a photo of the same jelly. Guess we'll have to keep our eyes out for the critters. Neat!!!

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Post by Scott G »

It's probably crab megalope... they should be thick in the water right now and famously travel with other jellies (Vellela)

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Post by Sounder »

Jan recently took a photo of a hitch-hiker too! Weird.
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