Mauve Stinger

Animal Unique | Mauve Stinger | Mauve Stinger is a small pelagic jellyfish usually pink, mauve or brown in color, with a phosphorescent bubble measuring 3-12 cm in diameter in adult specimens, whose edge is provided with slip and tentacles, the nematocysts of this species studied the tentacles, oral arms and the top of the bell. Mauve Stinger has direct development, so the bike does not consist of the benthic scyphistoma stage.

Scientific classification
Kingdom:     Animalia
Phylum:     Cnidaria
Subphylum:     Medusozoa
Class:     Scyphozoa
Order:     Semaeostomeae
Family:     Pelagiidae
Genus:     Pelagia
Species:     P. noctiluca

This species has a wide distribution, in general, this is indicated as typical for hot water, but the flow can enter the temperate and cold seas, so it can be found in tropical areas and in colder regions like the North Atlantic and Pacific Ocean to the north, it does not seem to be about 42 S and is vertically divided, mainly between 150 m depth and the surfactant, but during the day can also be found between 300 and 500 m, with a maximum of 1,400 m.

This jellyfish produces bioluminescent light shows, which are often admired by passing boats, but it also has a ferocious reputation as a stinger. As well as having eight stinging tentacles, covered with small red spots that are bundles of stinging cells. The sting is painful but not dangerous. The Mauve Stinger glows by producing clear mucus from the surface of cells as it knocked or disturbed by the waves. Hanging down from the underside of the mushroom-shaped bell, four long, frilly oral lobes, which are sometimes called oral arms. These are stinging cells that paralyze and entangle small planktonic animals. Sticky mucus keeps the prey, which is then transferred to slots in the arms and mouth.

Unlike most jellyfish, the life cycle of the Mauve Stinger not a fixed stage. Eggs and sperm are shed into the water where the eggs are fertilized and develop into small, oval Planula larvae covered with hairlike cilia. Planula the larva turns directly into a small, lobed, saucer-shaped medusa called a Ephyra, which gradually develops into an adult. It is known that jellyfish stings can cause both local and general symptoms and can sometimes be fatal to humans. In general, however, jellyfish stings usually cause a mild local dermatitis so severe or fatal systemic reactions are rare.

 
Mauve Stinger stabbing are usually limited to the skin surface and only erythematous, edematous, and vesicular lesions up to date, because of local pain which lasts 1-2 weeks, while systemic or cutaneous infections are rare complications. Serious consequences can be produced by immunological and / or toxic mechanisms. It was reported that Mauve Stinger probably identificated as recurrent and more severe rash caused more than ten days after envenomation

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