Well my jellies are surviving their second day with some phytoplanktons. They are about 3 cm long, yes they are minute. I don't think they eat live organism because they are not really sea jellies, and they do not have oral arms. They are very transparent and I see nothing in their bellies.
They just look aimless moving around, and they don't suck things into their bellies. I have a feeling they eat minute algae and phytoplankton, but I read jellies eat zooplankton. So can someone confirm what do they eat?
Thanks.
2006-10-27 12:25:29 · 3 answers · asked by ★Ananda☆ 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Jellyfish are carnivorous. Their tentacles are equipped with nematocysts (stinging cells) with which they kill their prey. It is unlikely that these cells would have any effect on, or even be triggered by phytoplankton.
2006-10-27 18:18:14 · answer #1 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zooplankton, the animal form of plankton, includes protozoa, small crustaceans, jellyfish and worms. Protozoa are single celled organisms that can colonize; they can live in oceans, salt lakes, freshwater lakes, rivers and ponds and vary in size for two to seventy micrometers and even larger. Crustaceans are invertebrates that live in water as well as on land and can vary from microscopic to sixty centimeters. Zooplanktons main sustenance are bacteria and phytoplankton, making them the second link in the food chain (Vegas).
2016-05-22 01:50:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, what kind of jellies are they? They don't sound like true jellies to me... I think they would just eat the zooplankton and phytoplankton found in sea water.
2006-10-27 14:47:18 · answer #3 · answered by shoeless wonder 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋