moon jellyfish
Dome-shaped sea creature
A moon jellyfish is a translucent, saucer-shaped jellyfish common in temperate and tropical waters worldwide.
Recognizable by four horseshoe-shaped reproductive organs visible through its bell, it drifts with currents and has a mild sting harmless to humans.
Often kept in aquariums for its ethereal, pulsing movement.
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
- stingSharp wound from insect
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- oceanMassive saltwater body
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- stinging creaturesbee, wasp, hornet, scorpion, fire ant
- cnidarianssea anemone, corals, stony coral, anemones, anemone
- simple animalssponge, sponges, hydra, sea anemone, sea anemones
- stinging sea lifePortuguese man-of-war, sea wasp, sea nettle, bluebottle, man-of-war
- gelatinous creaturessalp, Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, ctenophore, amoeba
- pelagiidsea nettle
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Cube-shaped venomous sea creature
sea wasp · Portuguese man-of-war · blue-ringed octopus · stonefish · great white shark
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Large marine shellfish
crab · sea turtle · great white shark · blue whale · giant clam
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