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Paraconularia sp. With Pearl preserved

Samurai

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Found this wonderful specimen on March 10th, 2024.

 

After finding this specimen I decided to do some research on these jellyfish and found out that they can form calcium phosphate pearls oddly enough. As fate would have it the only specimen I own to have a visible pearl was my most recent find! If I had not read in a paper that these jellyfish can create pearls I would not have believed it, but as the saying goes seeing is believing!

 

Size:

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Pearl:

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Paper which has the only other image I've seen of these pearls online:

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From the album:

Missouri Conulariids

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  • Taken with samsung SM-A326U
  • Focal Length 4.6 mm
  • Exposure Time 41662000/1000000000
  • f Aperture f/1.8
  • ISO Speed 400
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Jaybot

Thank you for sharing, remarkable specimen!  I have found about a coffe-cup's worth of partial conulariids, still looking for a complete specimen like yours.

Happy hunting!

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On 3/19/2024 at 10:27 AM, Jaybot said:

Thank you for sharing, remarkable specimen!  I have found about a coffe-cup's worth of partial conulariids, still looking for a complete specimen like yours.

Happy hunting!

I always find these jellyfish fascinating, I look forward to the day you find and post such a specimen! Happy hunting as well!

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