Purplestripped+Jelly+(Pelagia+noctiluca


 * Phyla:** Cnidaria


 * Class:** Scyphozoa


 * Common Name:** Purplestripped Jelly
 * Scientific Name:** //Pelagia noctiluca//


 * Size:** Can be 10 cm in diameter.


 * Habitat:** Found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, where it is usually found in the warm and temperate waters of those areas.


 * Living Requirements:** The Purplestripped Jelly is carnivorous and it eats pelagic ascidians and other small jellyfish.


 * Life Cycle:** Starts out life as juvenile medusae, which then mature into adult medusae.


 * Differences between Males and Females:** The difference between a male Purplestripped Jelly and a female Purplestripped Jelly is the fact that the males have male reproductive organs and the females have female reproductive organs.

- This is probably the Jellyfish that you are most likely to see if you go to the beach anywhere on the East Coast of the U.S. - Unlike a lot of other Jellyfish, the Purplestripped Jelly doesn't have a sessile stage of life, which is where in other Jellyfish they would stay rooted to a rock and become a Sea Anemone. - The sting of the Purplestripped Jelly is potent and painful, but it is limited in time and extent, meaning that the pain won't last too long.
 * Interesting Facts:**


 * Human Impact on the Organism:** There is no impact on this species of Jelly, since they are able to reproduce at a very fast rate and they are not a threatened species.

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