subject: The Many Types And Variety Of Jellyfish [print this page] There are many types of creatures living in seas and oceans, but it is a fact that one the most commonly seen sea creatures it the jellyfish which is also named medusa. However the term medusa should be used to point the last years of the life of the jellyfish, but medusa is the most widely spread word for jellyfish. Although jellyfishes are beautiful and attractive they may possess a threat to people due to their stinging abilities. If you touch a jellyfish you will probably be injected with venom which depending on the jellyfish may cause no pain or discomfort. However there are more deadly jellyfishes from which if you get stung you may even die of the poison running through your organism.
Jellyfishes are maybe the most attractive sea creatures. They don't only attract with their abstract forms, but also with the variety of colors in which they're colored. The color effect on the jellyfish is caused from the fluorescent chemicals which they have flowing through their body. Those chemicals react and cause them to be seen in different hues and colorizations depending on the given situation they're into. Some jellyfishes use their colorizing ability to attract their own species so that they can multiply or may also use that ability to frighten enemies. The proportions of the materials that make a jellyfish is pretty strange - they are made of 10% jelly substance and 90% water and that is the reason why they're named jellyfish. It is pretty interesting, isn't it?
One of the biggest jellyfishes that man has discovered is the Tiburonia granrojo. This type of jellyfish is colored in vivid red. This type of jellyfish differs a lot from the other species which have much clearer body types. The Tiburonia granrojo uses up to 7 arms or tentacles to capture its prey so that it can digest it. However the tentacles of that jellyfish are quite short if we compare them to other jellyfish species. Their main residence is the Pacific Ocean and they usually live from 600 to 1500m depth. However that type of jellyfish is very rare and is protected by the law because of the fact that only twenty three of that kind has been found.
The Purple striped jellyfish is another interesting specimen of the jellyfish class, although it can be seen only on the Californian coastline. As you can tell by the name it is colored in dark purple and has stripes on its body. However the Purple striped jellyfish doesn't have those stripes all the time, in truth they get those stripes when they get old and in the beginning of their life journey they aren't purple, but light pink.
But these are just two of the beautiful kinds of jellyfish which you can see in seas and oceans. But if you are not so an adventurous person you can also see jellyfishes in the city aquarium where they're held in captivity. Jellyfishes are one of the most commonly seen kinds of creatures in the oceans and this happens due to the fact that they don't stop reproducing. Every single day the jellyfishes release eggs and sperm in the sea allowing them to fertilize others of their kind.
