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- Code Number:
- AAJV01P13_11
- Title:
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Spotted Jelly, (Mastigias papua), Rhizostomeae, Mastigiidae
- This jelly gets its brownish hue due to algae living in its tissues. It is able to get extra nourishment from this algae to supplement its diet of tiny animal plankton.
Range: southern Pacific Ocean
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomeae
Family: Mastigiidae
Genus: Mastigias
Species: Mastigias papua
- Keywords:
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Spotted Jelly (Mastigias papua), Lagoon Jelly, Scyphozoa, Jellyfish, Jellies, Cnidarians, Invertebrate, Water, Sealife, Animal, Carnivorous, Carnivores, Animalia, Cnidaria, Mnemiopsis, species, Aquatic, Sealife, underwater, translucent, Mysterious, Mystical, Sea Life
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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- Code Number:
- AAJV01P13_11
- Title:
-
Spotted Jelly, (Mastigias papua), Rhizostomeae, Mastigiidae
- This jelly gets its brownish hue due to algae living in its tissues. It is able to get extra nourishment from this algae to supplement its diet of tiny animal plankton.
Range: southern Pacific Ocean
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomeae
Family: Mastigiidae
Genus: Mastigias
Species: Mastigias papua
- Keywords:
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Spotted Jelly (Mastigias papua), Lagoon Jelly, Scyphozoa, Jellyfish, Jellies, Cnidarians, Invertebrate, Water, Sealife, Animal, Carnivorous, Carnivores, Animalia, Cnidaria, Mnemiopsis, species, Aquatic, Sealife, underwater, translucent, Mysterious, Mystical, Sea Life
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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