Spotted Jelly

Desmonema gaudichaudi

Classification

Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Cyaneidae

The spotted jelly (Mastigias papua), lagoon jelly, golden medusa, or Papuan jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish from the Indo-Pacific oceans. Like corals, sea anemones, and other sea jellies, it belongs to the phylum Cnidaria, which possess stinging cells called cnidocytes. Mastigias papua is one of the numerous marine animals living in symbiosis with zooxanthellae, photosynthetic algae within the animal's tissues.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Spotted Jelly

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