Mauve stingers, also known by their Latin name, Pelagia noctiluca, are on the small side for jellyfish, with bells that measure up to about five inches in diameter. |
Both in its nature and immature forms, Lampyris noctiluca plays a useful part in the economy of Nature. |
In the nocturnal Lampyris noctiluca, the wingless females use a green glow to attract flying males. |
Two new individuals are thus formed, and each noctiluca has absorbed half of the other. |
I do not see how they could be the L. noctiluca, as he states. |
The institute has detected a surge this spring in one of the most poisonous species, the mauve stinger or Pelagia noctiluca, along the coast of Catalonia and Valencia. |