Cotylorhiza tuberculata

Fried egg jellyfish ( Cotylorhiza tuberculata )

The fried egg jellyfish ( Cotylorhiza tuberculata ) is one of the Rhizostomae ( Rhizostomeae ). She lives in the Mediterranean, mainly in the deep sea ( pelagic zone ), usually just below the water surface. You can actively move and is relatively independent of ocean currents.

Features

The fried egg jellyfish has a whitish shade, with a diameter of up to 35 centimeters, and a yellow, resembling the yolk of a fried egg, elevation in the middle. It has eight central and many small arms that end in violet button-like thickenings.

The jellyfish is accompanied by many small fish that found in the nettle yarns protection. She has only a weak hives and poison is harmless to humans.

Reproduction

Female fried egg jellyfish leave shortly before her death many free Planulalarven. These sink to the bottom and become polyps. The 5 to 10 millimeters long, 16 tentacle -bearing polyps lace in spring by budding from Ephyralarven that are in the course of their growth to jellyfish.