Mediterranean jellyfish (Cotylorhiza tuberculata) and swimmer. This jellyfish has clumps of stinging cells (nematocysts) that are used to subdue prey

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Mediterranean jellyfish (Cotylorhiza tuberculata) and swimmer. This jellyfish has clumps of stinging cells (nematocysts) that are used to subdue prey such as fish, crustaceans or plankton. The prey is then brought to its mouth at the centre of the underside of the bell. Jellyfish are free-swimming aquatic invertebrates that are related to the sea anemones and corals. Jellyfish swim by contractions of their bell. C. tuberculata can reach up to 40 centimetres across. Photographed in the Mediterranean Sea.

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