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- Jellyfish free-swimming marine animals.
- The shape of the jellyfish looks like umbrella-shaped bells and trailing tentacles.
- The scientific name for jellyfish is scyphozoa.
- The most common species under this category is known as the moon jelly.
- Irukandji jellyfish is the most harmful jellyfish
- Approximately 50 to 100 people die each year due to stings from the many species of box jellyfish.
- Jellyfish will live anywhere from 1-3 years.
- China, Japan and Korea consume the most jellyfish.
- They do not possess a brain, heart, bones or a respiratory system.
- They are 95% water and contain only a basic network of neurons that allow them to sense their environment.
