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No, lion's mane jellyfish do not give birth during sexual reproduction. Conception is even outside of the the adult bodies. A male adult jelly releases sperm cells into the water column, usually near a female adult that likewise releases her egg cells into the water column. The parents, after this release of haploid (single chromosome) gametes, are no longer involved in the fertilization process. A male and a female gamete then haphazardly unite at the whim of currents, tides, and other physical forces that happen to allow contact between them.
The resulting fusion is a diploid (two chromosome) single cell zygote that within hours differentiates into a multi-cellular planula. The planula is a free swimming, flattened, and cilliated jellyfish larval form that swims to the marine floor and then crawls until it finds a suitable fixed object. The planula then develops into a sessile (attached) polyp form, which asexually buds off many medusas (free swimming umbrella shaped jellies). The juvenile ephyra completes its life cycle when it matures and sexually reproduces as an adult male or female lion's mane jellyfish.
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