A paddle boarder came across not one but two purple-striped jellyfish while out near Dana Point, California, footage posted on February 24 shows. “I just love jellyfish. I think they are the ...

THE striking pigmentation of a large form of the purple-striped Scyphomedusan Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål), which is encountered occasionally in the coastal waters of California, involves three ...

The species, Pelagia noctiluca, also known as the mauve stinger or purple-striped jellyfish, has a painful sting and causes different degrees of illnesses and can be life-threatening.

Stunning footage shows how hundreds of thousands of rare purple jellyfish, known as ‘Mauve Stingers’, have washed up on on a British beach. News you can trust since 1886. Sign In.