Australian Spotted Jelly (Phyllorhiza punctata)

Australian Spotted Jelly, a reference photo — Photo: Nhobgood Nick Hobgood (original photograph), Papa Lima Whiskey (derivative edit) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Phyllorhiza punctata is a species of jellyfish, also known as the floating bell, Australian spotted jellyfish, brown jellyfish or the white-spotted jellyfish. It is native to the western Pacific from Australia to Japan, but has been introduced widely elsewhere. It feeds primarily on zooplankton. P. punctata generally can reach up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in bell diameter, but in October 2007, one 74 cm (29 in) wide, perhaps the largest ever recorded, was found on Sunset Beach, North Carolina.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Australian Spotted Jelly being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomeae
Family: Mastigiidae
Genus: Phyllorhiza
Species: Phyllorhiza punctata

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