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some nasty stuff Depends on the jellyfish involved but they all use one of the three called

cnidocyte,cnidoblast or nematocyte.

This is a type of venomous cell unique to phylum cnidaria. ( Jellyfish,coral,sea anemones and hydrae) the toxin causes sodium and calcium ion transport abnormalities, disrupts cellular membranes, releases inflammatory mediators, and acts as a direct toxin on the myocardium, nervous tissue, hepatic tissue, and kidneys.

Specifically, the toxin may contain catecholamines, vasoactive amines (eg, histamine, serotonin), kinins, collagenases, hyaluronidases, proteases, phospholipases, fibrinolysins, dermatoneurotoxins, cardiotoxins, neurotoxins, nephrotoxins, myotoxins, and antigenic proteins.

In more simple terms. It's bad stuff and it hurts.

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