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Porpita porpita

Description:

I read that these are under the same phylum as jellyfish, and are often mistaken for jellyfish. However, they are not. There were many of them washed up on the beach last weekend of many different sizes. This one was about 4 centimeters in diameter. I loved the color so I had to pick it up and study it a little bit! A few people were stung by it while I was at the beach and it did not look fun.



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3 Comments

Argy Bee
Argy Bee 8 months ago

Superb Erick... so these sting... same mechanism as jellyfish cnidoblasts ?

ErickDuarte
ErickDuarte 9 months ago

Gracias harsuame

harsuame
harsuame 9 months ago

Interesante::

Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico

Lat: 31.32, Long: -113.58

Spotted on Aug 1, 2012
Submitted on Aug 1, 2012

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