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Most of the umbrella mass is a gelatinous material - the jelly - called mesoglea which is surrounded by two layers of protective skin. The top layer is called the epidermis, and the inner layer is referred to as gastrodermis, which lines the gut.

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How many layers of skin does a jellyfish have?

Jellyfish do not have skin. Their outsides are made of jelly. In fact, there are jellyfish farms in Oklahoma that harvest and can jelly straight from the jellyfish. Their jelly comes in strawberry, grape, and mystery flavors.


What do jellyfish have instead of skin?

jelly you idiots


Are some jellyfish not dandeiruos?

Most jellyfish are not dangerous. The Man o' War has the ability to do some painful damage to your skin, but it is not a true jellyfish . . .


What is the skin around the jellyfish called?

it does not have a epidermis


What are jellyfish physical features?

it has smooth skin and it has tentacles


What are the physical characteristic's of a jellyfish?

there stingers and flappy skin


Why do you get stung by a jellyfish if you touch it?

Contact with a jellyfish tentacle can trigger millions of nematocysts to pierce the skin and inject venom.


Preditors of jellyfish?

well, one major predator of a jellyfish is the turtle. turtles have thick skin and a hard shell, so they don't feel a jellyfish's sting.


How do jellyfish respire?

Jellyfish respire through their body surface.


Would a jellyfish sting peel skin?

No. I have been stung by jellyfish lots of times, specifically, the lion's mane jellyfish. All the stings just leave long red marks where the tentacles attached. I have never been in a situation where it has ever peeled skin.


Do jellyfish sting hair?

Jellyfish cannot sting hair because hair cannot be penetrated by the jellyfish's tiny stinging 'barbs.' However, the barbs can easily pierce skin and inject the jellyfish venom/poison into the skin and this makes the 'sting.' So it is not a good idea to put a jellyfish on your head, because it just might be able to sting your scalp! Now that WOULD be painful!


Why does a foot become swollen after being stung by jellyfish?

the poison irritates the skin and the skin reacts with swelling, also it is because you forgot to pee on the area when it made contact as this is a good antidote to jellyfish stings. Books on Urine often sited for this effect on jellyfish stings