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Medusa (Jellyfish)

Pelagia noctiluca

Photo by kozoga
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Congratulations kozoga, your Mauve Stinger is our Spotting of the Day: "There's something eerily beautiful about this Mauve Stinger (Pelagia noctiluca), our Spotting of the Day! Pelagia noctiluca (class Scyphozoa) is a widely distributed small pelagic jellyfish. It is varying in color but generally pink, mauve or golden, and is also bioluminescent. P. noctiluca is the most venomous and abundant jellyfish of the Mediterranean Sea, and undergoes sporadic blooms which can cause public heath concerns. Like all jellyfish P. noctiluca possesses stinging organoids, called nematocysts, which can discharge a mixture of toxic compounds into preys and predators. For more information : https://buff.ly/2NQswBY " Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/pb.10150120463815603.-2207520000.1536190134./10160877039920603/?type=3&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/1037481728292597761
Love the photo, Kozoga...you nailed it!
Beautiful Mauve Stinger as a common name from Mediterranean waters. I like the name noctiluca in the species name, think from the Latin it means "night light" :) Great find and thanks for sharing

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