Hyperia galba
size:
up to 12 millimeters
color:
transparent light brown with green eyes
food:
egg masses and food remnants of the jellyfish
enemies:
coastal birds
reproduction:
sexual
- Dut: Kwalvlo (vlogarnaal, kwalgarnaal)
- Lat: Hyperia galba
- Eng: Hyperia galba
- Ger: Quallenflohkrebs
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- Hyperia galba, foto fitis, sytske dijksen
Hyperia galba
Hyperia galba live in jellyfish, just under the bell. You find them the most in rhizostome jellyfish that have washed ashore, although they live in other species as well. Hyperia galba live off of the mass of jellyfish eggs as well as the food consumed by the jellyfish itself. Sometimes, you see coastal birds picking at beached jellyfish, in search of the Hyperia galba.
- Distribution and habitat
- Hyperia galba, foto fitis, sytske dijksen
Because adult Hyperia galba live in under the bell the rhizostome jellyfish in particular and often in moon jellies, their habitat is the same as that of these jellyfish. It is unclear where the Hyperia galba larva live before turning adult.
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