sea nettle
Tentacled ocean stinger
A sea nettle is a type of jellyfish with long, trailing tentacles that deliver a painful sting—hence the name, from the stinging nettle plant.
Sea nettles are common in coastal waters and estuaries, where swimmers often encounter them: The beach was closed due to sea nettles.
Stinging aquatic invertebrate
- medusaFree-swimming cnidarian form
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- polypFleshy membrane projection
- larvaImmature feeding stage
bell · tentacle · gonads · radial symmetry · lifecycle · reproduction · carnivore · predator
Causing hurt or ache
- venomousProducing injected toxins
- toxinBiological-origin harm agent
- weltRaised skin injury
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
redness · swelling · burning · urticaria · allergic reaction · anaphylaxis · vinegar · treatment
Mid-Atlantic tidal estuary
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- brackishMildly salty water
saltwater · marine · pelagic · coastal · bay · gulf · tidal · warm waters
Permitting diffused light passage
- gelatinousViscous and semisolid
- bell-shapedCurving outward toward base
- pulsatingBeating in rhythmic surges
- reddish-brownWarm earth tone
striped · iridescent · gossamer · flowing · undulating · graceful · ethereal · diaphanous
Flower or flourishing state
- swarmMass of moving insects
- aggregationCombined collection of items
- preyAnimal being hunted
- copepodsMinute aquatic crustaceans
predators · ocean sunfish · food web · population · ecosystem · overfishing · dead zones · climate change
cnidarian
Stinging aquatic invertebrate
- medusaFree-swimming cnidarian form
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- polypFleshy membrane projection
larva · bell · tentacle · gonads · radial symmetry · lifecycle · reproduction · carnivore · predator · plankton
painful
Causing hurt or ache
irritation · redness · swelling · burning · urticaria · allergic reaction · anaphylaxis · vinegar · treatment · first aid
Chesapeake Bay
Mid-Atlantic tidal estuary
brackish · saltwater · marine · pelagic · coastal · bay · gulf · tidal · warm waters · temperate
translucent
Permitting diffused light passage
- gelatinousViscous and semisolid
- bell-shapedCurving outward toward base
- pulsatingBeating in rhythmic surges
reddish-brown · striped · iridescent · gossamer · flowing · undulating · graceful · ethereal · diaphanous · luminous
bloom
Flower or flourishing state
- swarmMass of moving insects
- aggregationCombined collection of items
- preyAnimal being hunted
copepods · predators · ocean sunfish · food web · population · ecosystem · overfishing · dead zones · climate change
- stinging creaturesbee, wasp, hornet, scorpion, fire ant
- cnidarianscorals, stony coral, moon jelly, jellyfish, anemones
- Estuary Wildlifeblue crab, osprey, great blue heron, striped bass, oyster
- stinging sea lifebox jellyfish, Portuguese man-of-war, bluebottle, man-of-war, fire coral
- pelagiidmoon jellyfish
- salt marshcordgrass, spartina, salt marsh, marsh grass, fiddler crab
sea nettlemoon jelly
Translucent pulsing sea invertebrate
dolphin · sea turtle · fish · sea butterfly · clam
sea nettlestinging nettle
Plant causing skin irritation
seaweed · kelp · sea lettuce
sea nettlemoon jellyfish
Translucent marine cnidarian
cleaner fish · sea turtle · dolphin · manatee · clownfish
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