Plankton Portal Talk

Direction marking of lobate and cydippid

  • Siiw by Siiw moderator

    I fear I have been tagging these the wrong way since the beginning. I have tagged their direction like a jellyfish, from the "top" to the end where the tentacles are, but now I learned that they swim with tentacles/lobes pointing forward! Also, do beroida swim towards the hairy end, or the pointy one? Sorry for my English 😃

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  • yshish by yshish moderator, translator

    i totally understand you. i have problems determine the direction even at houses of larvaceans (watching them move in video didn't help much.)

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  • Siiw by Siiw moderator

    i usually mark the houses in the same direction as the larvacean inside them. Watching the video made me realise that they wag their tails constantly, so the curled up ones suddenly make sense too.

    Also, which direction should I put on the solmaris and medusas when they are facing the camera so we se tentacles sticking out in all directions?

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  • jessicaluo by jessicaluo scientist, admin

    Don't worry about the direction of the Solmaris and Medusas when they are facing the camera! Any direction is ok. It's going to be all the same.

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