Deadly Beauty

Got stung by this Mauve Stinger Jellyfish - Pelagia noctiluca. They have long tentacles of over a meter in length!

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Christine Young

Lion

Stunning! It stung you?! Thankfully you’re not allergic! Posted 7 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, Christine :)
  I felt the stung, it was itchy and you get the rashes for scratching it, not too big a deal, fortunately :D Posted 7 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Whoa, this is magazine cover stuff, one of your best Albert! Posted 7 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, Ferdy :) Posted 7 years ago

The Mauve Stinger

"Pelagia noctiluca" is a jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae and the only currently recognized species in the genus "Pelagia". It is typically known in English as the mauve stinger, but other common names are purple-striped jelly, purple stinger, purple people eater, purple jellyfish, luminous jellyfish and night-light jellyfish. In Greek, "pelagia" means " of the sea", from "pelagos" "sea, open sea"; in Latin "noctiluca" is the combining form of "nox", "night"", and "lux", "light"; thus, "Pelagia.. more

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Similar species: Flag-mouth Jellies

Species identified by Albert Kang