Purple Jellyfish


Purple Jellyfish
: Pelagia panopyra

1.5 feet wide. Free-swimming member of costal plankton community. These large jellyfish serve as temporary homes for young crabs and at least one species of fish,  the medusa fish. The purple jellyfish possesses very potent stinging cells and should be avoided.

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