Sea Nettle Jellyfish is known as Chrysaora and is found along the east and west coast of North America in the Atlantic Ocean and the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Some of them have small white dots and reddish-brown stripes and they are shaped like saucers. The bell is usually about 6″ to 8 in diameter and on the underside of the mouth, it has four oral arms. All along the edge of the body, it has tentacles which are about a few feet long.
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The Blue bottle jellyfish gets its name from its color and shape and it consists of many zooids and is not a single organism. Each group of zooid has a particular function and together they act as a single marine animal. For instance, many zooids form the stinging tentacles and another group forms the feeding tentacles. The color can be blue or even a slight pink with a translucent hue and a size of 3 cms to 15 cms. The tentacles, however, can be 15 cms up to 10 meters long.
The jellyfish is a fascinating marine fish found in many oceans around the world and has about 200 varieties. Many people wonder ‘does people really eat jellyfish’? Well, people all over the world have different tastes and some might find the texture revolting. But many who have eaten it say that it has a rubber-band consistency and a bland taste. It is considered a delicacy in Japan, Korea and China and the answer to ‘does people really eat jellyfish’ is yes in this case. It is a matter of culture and acquired taste.