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Pelagia noctiluca

(Forsskål, 1775)

Mauve Stinger

Also known as: Night-Light Jellyfish, Phosphorescent Jellyfish, Pink Jellyfish, Purple Jellyfish, Purplestripped Jelly, Luminous Jellyfish, Purple People Eater

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Taxonomy

Class

Scyphozoa

Order

Semaeostomeae

Family

Pelagiidae

Where to find it

common

Gibraltar Italy Malta Monaco Spain

occasional

Albania Greece

rare

South Africa (Cape)

Other species in Pelagiidae

Chrysaora hysoscella

Compass Jellyfish