Jellyfish gyroscopes to orient the eyes skyward. Certain jellyfish look upward at the mangrove canopy while making a daily migration from mangrove swamps into the open lagoon, where they feed, and back again. Box jellyfish have more advanced vision than the other groups. Each individual has 24 eyes, two of which are capable of seeing colour, and four parallel information processing areas that act in competition, supposedly making them one of the few kinds of animal to have a 360-degree view of its environment. Jellyfish range from about one millimeter in bell height and diameter, to nearly in bell height and
Blue jellyfish Blue jellyfish Cyanea lamarckii, also known as the blue jellyfish or bluefire jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Cyaneidae. Populations in the western Pacific around Japan are sometimes distinguished as "Cyanea nozakii" or "Cyanea capillata nozakii". This species is found in the pelagic zone off the west coast of Scotland, the North Sea and the Irish Sea, sometimes with the more common Lion's Mane Jellyfish, ("Cyanea capillata"). "C. lamarckii" has a blue or yellow tone and grows to approximately 10 to 20 cm across, but specimens can grow to 30 cm. In Scandinavian seas this species rarely