Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Phyllorhiza punctata (White-spotted jellyfish).jpg

White-spotted jellyfish

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Original - Also known as the Australian spotted jellyfish or Phyllorhiza punctata, the white-spotted jellyfish is native to the southwestern Pacific, where it feeds primarily on various snail species. P. punctata average 45-50 cm in bell diameter but grow to larger sizes in the Gulf of Mexico, where they have become an invasive species that is a potential threat to shrimp and fish populations.

Edit - Without vertebrates.

Reason: Beautiful composition with great encyclopaedic detail.
Articles in which this image appears: Phyllorhiza punctata
FP category for this image: Animals/Others
Creator: Nick Hobgood

Support as nominator --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:01, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Stunning. J Milburn (talk) 16:22, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Would the pic be better without the fish? Nergaal (talk) 07:22, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- That sounds like an advanced marine biology question. The fish might be seeking protection, or might be nibbling (although that might kill it as it's likely vulnerable to the sting), so that would be encyclopaedic and biologically interesting. Even if the fish was just curious, it might still be interesting. I think I prefer the original for the "uh, what's this?" effect, but I'll add a cloned version in case there's a general preference for it. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:59, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt. It is not clear what is the fish doing (one could only guess) and it is distracting with it in. Nergaal (talk) 22:54, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support: very cool and good EV. Prefer original—I think the fish adds interest to the environment/composition and is good for scale. Maedin\^talk 18:29, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt - the subject of the image is the jellyfish, not what role it has in the ecosystem, so I don't think the fish should be in this particular photo. Diego_pmc ^Talk 20:55, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support edit. --Priest zadok (talk) 10:31, 9 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Phyllorhiza punctata (White-spotted jellyfish) edit.jpg --Jujutacular ^talk 00:14, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]