Swimming Medusa (IMAGE)

University of Vienna

Swimming Medusa

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This is a swimming medusa of the hydrozoan jellyfish Clytia hemisphaerica. The contraction of circumferentially oriented striated muscles lead to the typical jet propulsion during jellyfish swimming.

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Patrick Steinmetz

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