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Blue jellyfish age can be identified by color of their bell. They tend to be pale in appearance when young, but mature to have a brightly purple-blue (some yellow) colored bell. Although it is similar to the lion's mane jellyfish , the blue jellyfish is not as large, and has a translucent bell.
Catostylus mosaicus is also known as the jelly blubber or blue blubber jellyfish. [1] The jelly blubber is distinguishable by its color, which ranges from light blue to a dark blue or purple, and its large (250-300mm [ 2 ] ), rounded bell which pulses in a staccato rhythm. [ 1 ]
The largest recorded specimen was measured off the coast of Massachusetts in 1865 and had a bell with a diameter of 210 centimetres (7 feet) and tentacles around 36.6 m (120 ft) long. [2] Lion's mane jellyfish have been observed below 42°N latitude for some time in the larger bays of the East Coast of the United States.
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They come in many different colors the most common are brown, clear, and blue. [3] They are found around Africa, Australia, Spain, and South Asia. A few have also been spotted near the equator in the Americas. [8] Sunfish, tuna, spiny dogfish, and sea turtles feed on many jellyfish of the Catostylidae family. [9]
The bell ranges from a variety of colors such as white to light yellow, brown, blue, pink or green. The margins of the bell usually have a very light-brown pigmentation. Laterally, the species has a reddish-brown pigmentation from the organs underneath such as the pinkish digestive glands. The mushroom jellyfish lack tentacles; instead, they ...
The spotted jelly has distinctive spots atop its bell, and vary in colouration, from greenish blue to olive green, which can be attributed to the zooxanthellae which reside within their tissues. [4] They have 8 frilled oral arms, which end in a clublike appendage. The upper surfaces of these arms are covered in stinging cells called cnidocytes. [5]
S. gigantea has an umbrella-shaped bell that can grow up to 1 m (3.3 ft). [6] The bell's pliant tissue allows for the jellyfish to stretch 4 to 5 times its size, presumably to engulf their prey. Their four arms have a "paddle-like" or "kite-like" shape and can grow up to 10 m (33 ft) in length.