Summary ²

Pelagia noctiluca is a jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae. In Latin, 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.

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1. (c) Glenn Biscop, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Glenn Biscop
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagia_noctiluca

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