Pelagia Noctiluca

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskal, 1775) is a jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae.In Greek Pelagia means "of the sea," nocti stands for night and luca means light thus Pelagia noctiluca can be described as a marine organism with the ability to glow in the dark.This species of jellyfish commonly known as the mauve stinger in Europe, amongst many other common names, is widely distributed in all warm and temperate waters of the world's oceans, including the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and Atlantic Ocean.