Stalked Jellyfish

Photo: Viktor V. Grøtan · CC BY

Stalked jellyfish attach themselves to kelp fronds and seagrass blades in the Garvellachs' sheltered bays, remaining stationary and filter-feeding with eight clusters of tentacles radiating from a central disk. These extraordinary and overlooked animals are rarely noticed without deliberate searching, but shallow kelp dives here regularly turn up multiple species of stauromedusae. Scotland hosts the greatest diversity of stalked jellyfish in the world.