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Turritopsis polycirrha

Turritopsis polycirrha

Classification

Turritopsis is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Oceaniidae. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species, this genus includes the following species: Turritopsis chevalense (Thorneley, 1904) – species inquirenda Turritopsis dohrnii (Weismann, 1883) also known as the "Benjamin Button jellyfish", or the "immortal jellyfish". It can reverse its life cycle and transform itself back to a polyp.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 28