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| Spotted Jelly | |||
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| General information | |||
| Universe | Real Life | ||
| Aliases | Golden Medusa Lagoon Jelly Papuan Jellyfish | ||
| Classification | Mastigias papua | ||
| Species type | Mastigias jellyfish | ||
| Homeworld | Indo-Pacific region | ||
| Intelligence | Non-Sapient | ||
| Biochemistry | Carbon-based lifeform | ||
| Biological information | |||
| Lifespan | 4 months | ||
| Reproduction | Sexual | ||
| Locomotion | Floating | ||
| Prey | Zooplankton | ||
| Lineage information | |||
| Descendant(s) | Golden Jellyfish | ||
| Related species | Mastigias albipunctatus Mastigias andersoni Mastigias gracilis Mastigias ocellatus Mastigias pantherinus Mastigias sidereus | ||
| Cultural information | |||
| Alignment | Neutral | ||
| Personality | Mindless | ||
| Sociocultral characteristics | |||
| Scientific taxonomy | |||
| Planet | Earth | ||
| Domain | Eukaryota | ||
| Kingdom | Animalia | ||
| Subkingdom | Eumetazoa | ||
| Phylum | Cnidaria | ||
| Subphylum | Medusozoa | ||
| Class | Scyphozoa | ||
| Order | Rhizostomeae | ||
| Suborder | Kolpophorae | ||
| Family | Mastigiidae | ||
| Genus | Mastigias | ||
| Species | papua | ||
| Other information | |||
| Status | Data Deficient | ||
The spotted jelly, lagoon jelly, golden medusa, or Papuan jellyfish (Mastigias papua) is a species of jellyfish from the Indo-Pacific. Instead of one single mouth, they have several smaller mouth openings in their oral arms, which are used to feed on zooplankton.
They have a lifespan of approximately 4 months and are active primarily in mid-summer to early autumn.
Comparison between the Spotted Jelly and a Golden Jellyfish.