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Fried Egg Jellyfish

Cotylorhiza tuberculata

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Description:

C. tuberculata is usually less than 17 cm wide. The smooth, elevated dome is surrounded by a gutter-like ring. The marginal lappets are elongated and subrectangular. Each mouth-arm bifurcates near its base and branches several times. In addition to some larger appendages there are many short, club-shaped ones that bear disk-like ends. It can reach 35 cm in diameter. It seems that this jellyfish's sting has very little or no effect on humans.

Habitat:

It is commonly found in the Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea and Adriatic Sea.

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PublishedOctober 20, 2013

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