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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
This is a speices of jelleyfish occurring particularly in Atlantic ocean. The term "sea nettle" is also used for a related species, Chrysaora fuscescens. Which is on the west coast of North America from California to Alaska where usally it spends most of it times, that it live and reproduces. The Atlantic sea nettle is a bell-shaped invertebrate, usually semi-transparent and with small, white dots and reddish-brown stripes, | This is a speices of jelleyfish occurring particularly in Atlantic ocean. The term "sea nettle" is also used for a related species, Chrysaora fuscescens. Which is on the west coast of North America from California to Alaska where usally it spends most of it times, that it live and reproduces. The Atlantic sea nettle is a bell-shaped invertebrate, usually semi-transparent and with small, white dots and reddish-brown stripes, The sting of the Sea Nettle is a sting related to the moderate" to "severe" and can be pernicious to smaller prey. But it cannot make a death to a human but can make a harsh sting that could paralize a small body part. except by allergic reaction that can cause death to humans. The sea nettle is symmetrical, and carnivorous. Its mouth is located at the center of one end of the body, which opens to a gastrovascular cavity that is used for digestion. It has tentacles that surround the mouth to capture food. Nettles have no excretory or respiratory organs. Each sea nettle is free-swimming and can reproduce both sexually and asexually[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysaora_quinquecirrha] The sea nettle any one of several species of stinging jellyfish, they are along coasts and much feared by swimmers. certain jellyfish of the of the coast an Australian species, have caused many deaths. The sting, produced and located in the tentacles, is used to kill or stun prey. Sea nettles are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, | ||
== Anatomy == | == Anatomy == |
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