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Mushroom Jelly

Rhopilema verrilli

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Carolina.January 16, February 17, March 56, April 42, May 19, June 12, July 10, August 10, September 12, October 14, November 11, December 14.
United States1,099
South Carolina436
New Jersey137
Alabama129
North Carolina101
Virginia87
Mississippi53
Maryland52
Georgia29
Delaware26

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumCnidarians · Cnidaria
ClassTrue Jellies · Scyphozoa
OrderRoot-mouth Jellies · Rhizostomeae
FamilyRhizostomatid Jellies · Rhizostomatidae
GenusSand Jellies · Rhopilema

Sources

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Practise Mushroom Jelly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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