{"id":2490,"date":"2007-07-31T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/31\/mauve-stinger-fact-shee\/"},"modified":"2020-03-10T11:15:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T12:15:30","slug":"mauve-stinger-fact-shee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/mauve-stinger-fact-shee\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauve stinger fact sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pelagica noctiluca <\/em>|\u00a0<\/em>Mauve stinger\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The mauve stinger can be find widely distributed throughout the world’s warm and temperate oceans.\u00a0Their colour varies, ranging from pink to shades of golden yellow to tan. Most jellyfish have a complex life cycle that alternates between a free swimming (medusa) and bottom-living (polyp) phase. However, the mause stinger has adapted so there is only a free swimming medusa stage wich is either male or female. Male and female jellyfish reproduce sexually by releasing eggs and sperm, which devolop directly into young (male or female) jellyfish. They are usually found in the upper 150 m of the water column, but may be found as deep as 1,400 m. At night they may be seen to bioluminesce. In the Azores these jellyfish occur frequently during the summer months, both isolated and in loose or dense blooms. Mauve stingers can deliver a painful sting to humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length:<\/strong>
Diameter: 3 – 12 cm
Tentacles: 3 m (maximum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diet:\u00a0<\/strong>Pelagic ascidians, zooplankton such as salps<\/a> and other smaller jellyfish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reproduction:\u00a0<\/strong>Sexual, males and females release eggs and sperm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Population:\u00a0<\/strong>Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservation Status:\u00a0<\/strong>Atlantic stocks appear to be healthy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other languages<\/strong>
Portuguese: \u00c1qua-viva
Spanish: Acalefo luminiscente
French: M\u00e9duse p\u00e9lagique\/piqueur-mauve
Italian: Medusa luminosa
German:\u00a0Leuchtqualle
Dutch: Parelkwal\/lichtende kwal
Swedish: Lysmanet
Norwegian:\u00a0–
Danish: –
Finnish: Loistomeduusa
Polish:\u00a0Meduza \u015bwiec\u0105ca
Russian: –<\/p>\n\n\n\n