#| aurelia polyps |

[idlescience]

The jellyfish lifecycle is wild

Female and male jellyfish release sperm and eggs into the water and then hope that they meet each other (some do this every goddamn day). Fertilised eggs turn into tiny sea worms, that swim down to the sea floor and find a spot to hang out and grow.

For a while they look like little anemones (called polyps), but when they're ready the polyp starts growing tiny, baby jellyfish in layers, and then popping them off into the ocean to live happy, brainless lives.

You can see the babies forming in this image. The polyp (top middle) attaches and starts making new jellyfish in rings stacked on top of each other (top right, bottom left). Eventually when they're fully formed (bottom middle/right) they can be released into the open ocean.

#honestly sea creatures are endlessly weird in the coolest ways #marine biology #biology #sea creatures #jellyfish #fun facts #science #photo by @nikolasvako #figure from this paper: “Regulation of Polyp-to-Jellyfish Transition in Aurelia aurita” by Fuchs et al.

[donuts4evry1]

Today, I was doing some research on jellyfish (as one does) and incidentally came across a couple of studies that focused on jellyfish polyps.

While it is cool... it made me realize something.

I think it’s a little misleading to think of polyps as a sort of “fetus” state for jellyfish (even though it does precede the ephyra, or baby stage)

Polyps (at least of the scyphozoan variety) could almost be regarded as individual animals in their own right. They function similarly to carnivorous corals, and have a similar diet to their medusa counterparts. Heck, they even reproduce on their own (asexually, at least) through a variety of means.

Most scyphozoan polyps even leave behind some parts of themselves after a strobilation event, and can theoretically keep producing ephyra indefinitely year-round (I think a study mentioned there was one from 1932 that was still producing ephyra? Might have to fact-check that, though)

anyways. this new line of thought has me. thinking a lot. Jellyfish are odd creatures and I think we are projecting our own chronological, fixed life cycles on them a little too hard

#mun rambles #this is mostly a callout post towards me lol #anyways the things i'm talking about here are mainly directed to scyphozoan polyps #but rest assured #hydrozoan and cubozoan polyps are just as weird #especially hydrozoan polyps #i really need to stop thinking of polyps as fetus-equivalents tbh it really reduces all of their really cool features #some are more tolerant (and actually benefit) from heavy metals that would otherwise hinder a medusa (the aurelia coerula to be precise) #jellyfish #don't ask me what i was researching it was 100% something very normal and not at all rude to the jellyfish

[starrysnowdrop]

I want to thank my dear friend @aurelia-polyps for this wonderful art of Yume, G’raha, and their daughter Hikari!! This was such an awesome surprise and it is absolutely gorgeous!! Once again, thank you so much!!! 🥹😍🥰💖

#ffxiv fanart #source: aurelia polyps #my mutuals #g’raha tia #graha tia #g’raha x wol #grahawol #wolgraha #yume x g’raha #oc: paint it black #ship: evermore #hikari raha #oc: last allagan

[mimble-sparklepudding]

Hey Mimble, just wanted to say thank you for sending me asks and recommending my blog! I know a lot of my mutuals love getting your asks as well, and it really makes people’s day to know someone cares to ask about the OCs that they worked so hard on! So, thank you! 😄 I haven’t been too active lately bc of real life stuff, but I’ve noticed your name in my notifications and it means a lot! It’s not much but I made a little doodle of Mimble! I struggle drawing lalafells the most (despite my main being a lalafell), but I hope you like it 💛

Thank you, that's very kind of you! And I love the picture!!! I shall treasure it. And yes I imagine Lalafells are really hard to draw because the proportions are all wonky, but I think it looks amazing!

Thank you so much again, that's really made my day! I have some RL stuff going on with work that's been getting me down, but this made me forget all about it! I hope your RL stuff resolves itself positively though.

Sorry for all the exclamation marks! I am just excited!

*bouncebouncebounce*

:)

Art by the amazing @aurelia-polyps

#@aurelia polyps #artists on tumblr #art of mimble #very excite! #many exclamation marks!!!! #lookee! #wow! #Thank you!

[eorzeanflowers]

FFXIV Song Meme

The Lily

Serenity (Black Shroud Main theme)

The Edge (Ninja Dojo theme)

Beyond the Wall (The Fringes Day theme)

Crimson Sunset (Kugane Night theme)

Wayward Daughter (Tsukuyomi Final Phase theme) 

Tagged by: @aurelia-polyps​

Little late to this one, so if you see this, consider yourself tagged! (If you want to do it that is.

The Lily has always been most at home in the Black Shroud in her time in Eorzea, it is the easiest area to disappear in. She never forgets her roots in Hingashi and the Far East. Beyond the Wall is there for her exploratory habits!

#the lily #aurelia-polyps #ty for the tag! #was fun to go through all the old tracks of xiv I don't really listen to anymore lol

[bitey-baby-shark]

Facts of the Day: 🌊Moon Jellies🌊

Scientific Name: Aurelia aurita

Size: Between 2 to 15 inches

Lifespan: 8 to 12 months 

Reproduction: They breed through external fertilization. The species as a whole breeds year round but individuals have to wait till they reach sexual maturity in the medusae phase and then reproduce for 2 to 3 months most often in the late summer months. They can also reproduce asexually while in the polyp stage.

Diet: Tiny zooplankton, mollusk larvae, crustaceans, and small fishes

Habitat: They are found worldwide but prefer warm coastal waters in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean.

Status: Least Concerned

Summary: Moon Jellies travel in big social congregates called smacks worldwide, with larger numbers off the coast of California as well as Canada and Europe. They are a very plentiful species and are a common prey species for a lot of animals, most notably species of Sea Turtles. However a fun place Moon Jellies have been found is actually in space! 2,500 Moon Jelly polyps and ephyrae (the two early stages of development for jellies) went into orbit on the space shuttle Columbia in 1991 to study the effects of weightlessness on internal organ development. While they didn’t make it to the moon, the findings of the study helped us understand more about the effects of zero gravity on astronauts.

#baby shark bites! #moon jellies #moon jellyfish #jellies #jellyfish #sfw petre #sfw pet regressor #sfw pet regression #sfw age regressor #sfw age regression #sfw agere #sfw regression #sfw regressor #Agere #Age Regression #age regressor #petre #pet regressor #pet regression

[afrondlykelp]

Deep Dive Papers: Asexual reproduction strategies in the moon jellyfish Aurelia (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)

(X) | Published: 12 January 2023

Key Findings:

This paper investigated the asexual reproduction strategies of the moon jellyfish Aurelia, which is known to have both sexual and asexual reproduction.

The authors found that Aurelia primarily reproduces asexually through a process called strobilation, in which the adult jellyfish produces small polyps that eventually develop into juvenile jellyfish.

Strobilation was found to be influenced by a range of environmental factors, including temperature, light, and food availability, with higher temperatures and more food leading to more frequent strobilation.

The study also identified a previously unknown asexual reproduction strategy in Aurelia, in which small fragments of the jellyfish can break off and develop into juvenile jellyfish.

This fragmentation process was found to be more common in Aurelia populations in more disturbed environments, suggesting that it may be an adaptation to environmental stress.

The authors note that the ability of Aurelia to reproduce asexually through strobilation and fragmentation allows for rapid population growth and may contribute to its success as a dominant jellyfish species in many marine environments.

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Links

URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.1071518/full

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1071518

Master-list: https://afrondlykelp.tumblr.com/post/714841484500877312/deep-dive-papers-masterlist

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If you don’t want to see these then feel free to block the tag #deep dive papers.

#jellyfish #moon jelly #deep dive papers #marine biology #marine #Aurelia

[ask-nico-and-the-sides]

Logan, I have some facts to share with you :D

The Facts

According to Monterey Bay Aquarium, "...nearly 2,500 moon jelly polyps and ephyrae—two early stages in the jelly life cycle—went into orbit aboard the space shuttle Columbia in May 1991." To clarify, this is about moon jellyfish (Aurelia Aurita).

Lavender became associated with the queer community around the 1950s. This fact was gathered from various sources.

"Skipper is an informal name for the captain," according to Vocabulary.com. This website is a dictionary site, filled with words and their meanings.

Hope you enjoyed these :3

- Long Name anon who knows way too many facts about way too many subjects to be considered neurotypical in any respect

#sanders sides #logan sanders #roman sanders

[thevoidbunny]

alright I got curious about what type of jellyfish Frilled Jellyfish Cookie was based off of and learned something interesting So these guys below are called Aurelia coerulea, also known as MOON jellies.

(here's them side by side, the resemblance is clear) But not only that, it turns out that there are jellyfish can be "immortal", in a sense. From what I understand, they can revert back to the polyps stage, bypassing death. Err, refer to this image

While this phenomenon is most known with Turritopsis dohrnii, there has been documentation that Aurelia coerulea (the asian moon jelly) can do this as well. So Frilled Jellyfish Cookie's revival wasn't entirely unwarranted (though it was incredibly dumb to have it occur so shortly after her death scene-)

#cookie run #cookie run kingdom #frilled jellyfish cookie #jellyfish #tw jellyfish #this has been a science post from the void

[valkariel]

Jellyfish

The silhouette just looks like a jellyfish with the glowing stripes.

Head: Crescent Moon Nightcap - pastel blue Body: Elemental Coat of Casting +1 - pastel blue Hands: Omega Gloves of Casting - pastel blue Legs (optional): Darbar Bottoms of Casting - pastel blue Feet: Darbar Thighboots of Casting - pastel blue

Ears: Fabled Earrings of Casting Neck: Pewter Choker of Casting Wrists: The Emperor's New Bracelet Right Ring: The Emperor's New Ring Left Ring: The Emperor's New Ring

Main Hand: Rod of Divine Light Off Hand: --

Fashion Accessory: -- Minion: Aurelia Polyp Location: #MeadowStudio - Primal/Leviathan Mist W20 Apt 46

Shader: Faeberry Studio

Featured in GPOSERS Issue 44 (Sep 2022). 

#ffxiv #ffxiv glamour #ffxiv au ra #ffxiv black mage #eorzea collection #valkariel ilmarë #meadowstudio #GPOSERS Eorzea Collection's Finest #au ra #raen #black mage #casters #lights/whites/pastels #blues/indigos #silvers/greys #no mogstation items #no seasonal items #fantasy glamour #cosplay glamour #minion glamour #cute glamour

[lara-is-a-jellyfish]

You're telling me a moon jellied this fish??

Aurelia aurita, also known as moon jellies, or common jellyfish, are an extremely iconic jellyfish. These guys are found 25–40 cm across and recognizable by their four gonads seen at the top of their bells. These jellies don't have long, extending tentacles like some other jellyfish, but have short tentacles around their bells. You can find these goobers around coastal waters in many parts of the world.

Moon jellyfish originate on earth and not the moon, sadly, BUT some actually have been to space! In 1991, some 2500 moon jelly polyps were put into space on the space shuttle Columbia. The purpose of this experiment was to see how jellyfish would develop differently in weightlessness. The jellyfish ended up having more irregular movement and pulsing, as if suffering from vertigo, but overall developed normally. Since humans and jellyfish share similar hair cells used to determine the direction of gravity, this was a good sign for the effects of prolonged space missions.

You can find more information about this space trip from this goofy little 90s NASA educational video:

If you care more about just looking at pretty jellyfish you can check out the Monterey Bay Aquarium live moon jelly cam here:

#jellyfish #jelly facts #video #Youtube

[kuroimarzipan]

ok lemme just post these hours and hours after the event is done LMFAO thank u all for coming!!!!!!!!!! lemme see if i can find all yall to tag:

@tallbluelady @myrfing (sorry. roasted gourd) @elfyourmother @aurelia-polyps @dandelionofthanatos @allycryz @earthlydusk @crystalltower (IN MY TANK. EATING MY FISH.)

#roehshouseparty #my art #ffxiv #not sure what levitanias @ is but i hope they see this teehee #i wish i coulda drawn more ppl #but i tired i gots work tomorrow

[the-littlest-kojin]

Sometimes the Warrior of Light just needs a nap.

Sometimes that nap isn't working in a bed.

Sometimes Shio, daughter of the Kojin of the Blue, will climb into the fishtank and sleep, much to the confusion of the fish in the tank.

Do not disturb.

Today's screens were taken by the very sweet @aurelia-polyps! Please go check them out.

#ffxiv #ffxiv screenshots #shio shinju #ffxiv writing

[starrysnowdrop]

Hello Yume! Happy birthday! 🥳 I hope your day has started looking up since the last text post you made 💛 I wanted to say thank you for being so supportive and sweet even after my long hiatus, it always makes me smile to see you in my notifications and to see your content on my dash! Yume and G’raha are just the cutest and R’angi is very intriguing to me! 🥰 I’ll need to draw something for you sometime soon! Even if today doesn’t end up being a good day, I hope tomorrow is much, much better and makes up for it! 🤗💛

Ahhhhh ty ty ty so much Aurelia!!!💖💖💖 It’s always great seeing you on my dash, and I still cherish the art you’ve done for me!! Just the birthday wishes is enough, and once again, thank you for everything my friend!! 😘🥰💖

#asks and replies #aurelia polyps

[mimble-sparklepudding]

Musical Themes for OCs...

If your character had a theme which played in game when they made an appearance, what might that be like?

Emet-Selch's early appearances used Bedlam's Brink, Graha-Tia in Endwalker gets either a jazzy version of Eternal Wind or Tomorrow and Tomorrow, depending on the situation, and Estinien becomes associated with Dragonsong. Matoya has The Mushroomery and, in cutscenes, Zenos has Meteor.

If I were in a position to set rules, which I'm not really, I'd request themes which are either entirely or mostly instrumental, but let me know what you think.

As for Mimble, his would probably be something like the instrumental version of Sour Times by Miloš Karadaglić, at least for bits involving investigating, plotting and pondering...

I suspect Inxli at @pinxli would have something sweet, possibly even cute, with just slight undertones of immense and sinister power.

Naru at @blucifermain would perhaps need something faintly tragic and dark, with enough percussion to reference the steppes of her homeland?

Fennie at @scholarlostintime might have something lighter, but busy enough to reflect the happy chaos of mixing study and family life.

A'Vett at @avettabendrot might have something playful, with a lot of Ishgardian instruments.

Phoebe at @phoebe-of-ivalice would have something sinuous and darkly intriguing I think.

Amon already has his own themes, but perhaps @spotofmummery feels that Koh needs a theme of her own to reflect her investigations and discoveries?

I could be wrong about all of the above of course. Do let me know!

And there are some I can't begin to imagine, such as @yloiseconeillants, @loldragoon-ffxiv, @firelightmuse or the many characters of @cadrenebula.

So tagging all and sundry. Let me know what your OC's musical themes might be and maybe even provide an example.

@eljaofthecrookedgrin, @miqomischief, @umbral-grimiore, @aroseyetbloomedwrites, @meatball-headache, @elfyourmother, @mirageofthecrystal, @kskellington, @furys-mercy, @aurelia-polyps. @superiorthaumaturge, @captainkurosolaire, @hywl, @hadriel-ffxiv, @kittieology, @meepsthemiqo, @nyarumi-nyan, @placesyoucallhome, @zuraoftheblack, @saeta

And anyone else I might have missed or who is interested.

#random thoughts #question #much tagging #music #themes #ff14 ffxiv #ffxiv oc #final fantasy xiv #ff14 #ffxiv wol #Youtube

[bough-waker]

Some active FFXIV blog suggestions for you:

@aurelia-polyps

@bramdreamshade

@blucifermain

@avettabendrot

@captainkurosolaire

@cadrenebula

@chill-bunn-sage

@finishing-touch

@fair-fae

@firelightmuse

@grahas-gourmet-hamburger

@ievaxol

@healersadjust

@kskellington

@loldragoon-ffxiv

@lallafell

@meepsthemiqo

@miqomischief

@neonplace

@nights-at-crystarium

@nyarumi-nyan

@placesyoucallhome

@pinxli

@phoebe-of-ivalice

@spotofmummery

@scholarlostintime

@talion-graves

@the-littlest-kojin

@umbral-grimiore

@yloiseconeillants

@zuzunzo

@zuraoftheblack

I hope this is helpful, I probably missed out some sorry.

You're an angel, thank you so much I really appreciate this!

#ooc #ask answered