Figure 1. Animal size (equivalent spherical diameter; ESD) as a function of carbon content (A) and nitrogen content (B) for jellyfish and other pelagic animals.

Respiration (C), excretion (D), maximum specific growth (E), longevity (F), swimming velocity (G), and Reynolds numbers (H) as a function of ESD for jellyfish, other pelagic animals, and jellyfish whose ESD is standardised for their carbon content. Data and data sources are available in electronic supplementary material (Dataset S1; Appendix S1).