| 1. | Members of this family are characterized by their thick, sausage-like oral arms.
|
| 2. | Oral arms characterize Semaeostomeae, an order of large jellyfish.
|
| 3. | The oral arms begin digestion as they transport the prey into the sea nettle s mouth.
|
| 4. | Some genera, such as " Cassiopea ", even have additional, smaller mouths in the oral arms.
|
| 5. | These organisms have a well-developed manubrium, a proboscis-like structure bearing the mouth and four long oral arms.
|
| 6. | Instead, Big Red has four to seven short, thick, so-called oral arms that may be used for feeding.
|
| 7. | Fluid flows over clusters of mouthlets near the base of the oral arm disk in the centre of the cylinder.
|
| 8. | The long, spiraling, white oral arms and the 24 undulating maroon tentacles may trail behind as far as 15 feet.
|
| 9. | Medusae often trap prey or suspended food particles by swimming upwards, spreading their tentacles and oral arms and then sinking.
|
| 10. | The food was grasped by the lip of one of the oral arm and transported slowly along until it reached the stomach.
|