Catostylus tagi is a species of jellyfish from warmer parts of the East Atlantic Ocean and since the 2000s also found in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the only member of the family Catostylidae that is found in Europe, and it is a common species in the Tagus estuary in Portugal. It has collagen in its bell which is currently being researched to see if it has biomedical uses as an intercellular matrix. The species is named after the Tagus river.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Jelly Blubber 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.
Easily confused with
- Catostylus mosaicus
- Rhizostoma octopus
- Lychnorhiza lucerna
- Rhopilema hispidum
- Rhopilema nomadica
- Acromitus flagellatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Scyphozoa
- Order
- Rhizostomeae
- Family
- Catostylidae
- Genus
- Catostylus
- Species
- Catostylus tagi
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