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Fried Egg Jellyfish (Lat. Cotylorhiza tuberculata). A typical adult measures 35 cm in diameter, though they can reach 50 cm across. The smooth, elevated dome of this elegant creature is surrounded by a gutter-like ring. The marginal lappets are elongated and sub-rectangular. Each mouth-arm bifurcates near its base and branches several times. In addition to some larger appendages there are many short, club-shaped ones that bear disk-like ends. It seems that this jellyfish’s sting has very little or no effect on humans. However it can cause allergies to more sensitive people, these allergies usually involve itching. These opportunistic predators will eat plankton, dinoflagellates, zooplankton (tiny sea creatures), small fish, and fish eggs. Sometimes, they will even eat other jellyfish. They reproduce asexually. Larvae attach themselves to a hard ocean surface and grow in a polyp colony that looks like a stack of saucers. The tiny babies are then released from capsules, like spaceships and drift away.nd scratching in the stung area.
Local name
Jaje na oko meduza ili Mediteranska meduza
English name
Fried Egg Jellyfish
Scientific name
Cotylorhiza tuberculata
Did you know?
One of Cotylorhiza tuberculata‘s natural predators is the sea turtle Caretta caretta
Weight
Up to 10 kg
Length
Up to 0.5 m in diameter
Life span
1-5 years
Nutrition
It feeds on plankton, dinoflagellates, zooplankton (tiny sea creatures), small fish, and fish eggs
Type of diet
Planktivorous
IUCN vulnerability status
Not Assessed (IUCN Red List)
Distribution
It is commonly found in aggregations in the Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea and Adriatic Sea

