Jellyfish spotted on Gibraltar’s beaches
MAUVE STINGER
The mauve stinger is a small jellyfish, but has long tentacles alongside “warty structures on its ‘bell’ full of stinging cells.”
According to ‘The Wildlife Trusts’ website, the way to identify a Mauve Stinger jellyfish is that it usually looks blue or purple (mauve) colour with a “globe shaped umbrella covered in orangey brown warts.”
It also has long, thin tentacles that hang down from around the bell, reaching a maximum of 3 metres.
The mauve stinger is a small jellyfish, but has long tentacles alongside “warty structures on its ‘bell’ full of stinging cells.”
According to ‘The Wildlife Trusts’ website, the way to identify a Mauve Stinger jellyfish is that it usually looks blue or purple (mauve) colour with a “globe shaped umbrella covered in orangey brown warts.”
It also has long, thin tentacles that hang down from around the bell, reaching a maximum of 3 metres.
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