Like most jellyfish species, it begins life as a larva, which settles on a surface and grows into a polyp, which is a blob-like cyst. This is the stage where the jellyfish is still attached to the ...

It then settles on the seafloor as a blob-like cyst. Over the next 24-36 hours, this blob develops into a new polyp - the jellyfish's previous life stage - and after maturing, medusae bud off. This ...