Sit back and relax with these soothing jellies. From tiny, delicate drifters, to giant deep-sea denizens, jellies come in a variety of beautiful and mesmerizing forms. There are many different kinds of gelatinous animals in the deep, but here we are featuring the umbrella-shaped animals that swim by pulsing a bell and usually have tentacles trailing behind their mellow flowing movement.
⁠⁠
Most people underestimate the true diversity of this dazzling group of animals. Taxonomically, they are far more varied than a handful of the most common examples used to represent “jellyfish”. See below for a full list of each jelly’s scientific name, observations depth, and location.
⁠
Head over to our channel to watch more meditative videos in our Deep RelaxOcean series: • Deep RelaxOcean
Editor: Kyra Schlining
Music: Sleeping and Floating (Motion Array Original)
Animals in order of appearance:
00:00 Stygiomedusa gigantea (giant phantom jelly) | depth 1,083 meters (3,553 feet), Monterey Bay
00:25 Solmissus sp. (dinner plate jelly) | depth 440 meters (1,443 feet), Monterey Bay
00:48 Tiburonia granrojo (big red jelly) | depth 1,083 meters (3,553 feet), Monterey Bay
01:12 Halitrephes maasi (fireworks jelly) | depth 946 meters (3,104 feet), Monterey Bay
01:36 Aeginura sp. (raspberry jelly) | depth 729 meters (2,392 feet), Davidson Seamount
01:59 Poralia sp. (red disk jelly) | depth 1,577 meters (5,174 feet), Southern California
02:15 Solmissus sp. (dinner plate jelly) | depth 804 meters (2,638 feet), greater Monterey Bay area
02:35 Stellamedusa ventana (bumpy jelly) | depth 171 meters (561 feet), Monterey Bay
02:56 Poralia sp. (red disk jelly) | depth 1,235 meters (4,051 feet), Gulf of California
03:33 Aegina citrea (lemon jelly) | depth 948 meters (3,111 feet), off the coast of Big Sur
03:56 Atolla sp. (red crown jelly) | depth 480 meters (1,575 feet), Monterey Bay
04:18 Colobonema sericeum (silky jelly) | depth 508 meters (1,667 feet), greater Monterey Bay area
04:32 Chrysaora fuscescens (sea nettle) | depth 39 meters (128 feet), Monterey Bay
04:59 Colobonema sericeum (silky jelly) | depth 361 meters (1,184 feet), Monterey Bay
05:13 Periphylla periphylla (helmet jelly) | depth 567 meters (1,861 feet), Astoria Canyon, Pacific Northwest
05:29 Solmissus sp. (dinner plate jelly) | depth 588 meters (1,928 feet), Monterey Bay
05:52 Botrynema brucei (lampshade jelly) | depth 2,187 meters (7.174 feet), Monterey Bay
06:06 Aurelia labiata (moon jelly) | depth 14 meters (45 feet), Monterey Bay
06:34 Aegina sp. (golf tee jelly) | depth 1,222 meters (4,009 feet), Monterey Bay
06:53 Chrysaora fuscescens (sea nettle) | depth 23 meters (77 feet) deep, Monterey Bay
07:12 Stellamedusa ventana (bumpy jelly) | depth 480 meters (1,576 feet), Monterey Bay
07:41 Periphylla periphylla (helmet jelly) | depth 773 meters (2,537 feet), Monterey Bay
08:04 Tiburonia granrojo (big red jelly) | depth 1,368 meters (4,491 feet), Monterey Bay
08:23 Aegina sp. (golf tee jelly) | depth 880 meters (2,886 feet), Monterey Bay
08:36 Vampyrocrossota childressi (black jelly) | depth 1,483 meters (4,867 feet), Channel Islands, Southern California
08:48 Halicreas sp. (warty jelly) | depth 1,599 meters (5,243 feet), off the coast of Big Sur
09:09 Atolla sp. (red crown jelly) | depth 531 meters (1,743 feet), Monterey Bay
09:29 Stygiomedusa gigantea (giant phantom jelly) | depth 1,682 meters (5,519 feet), offshore of Monterey Bay
09:59 Benthocodon pedunculata (little red jelly) | depth 440 meters (1,444 feet), Monterey Bay
Check out MBARI for more: www.mbari.org/
Subscribe to MBARI’s newsletter here: mbari.co/newsletter
Follow MBARI’s exploration and discoveries:
Facebook: / ​
Twitter: / mbari_news​
Instagram: / ​
Tumblr: / mbari-blog ​
LinkedIn: / monterey-bay-aquarium-...
And now, TikTok: / mbari_news