Fire jellyfish

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Injury to the back caused by a fire jellyfish in the Mediterranean

As jellyfish are generally jellyfish species (free-swimming stage of cnidarians from the classes of scyphozoa , box jellyfish and hydroids hereinafter) due to the discharge of nematocysts by touch - especially the tentacles when - People on the skin burn-like painful injuries that cause.

On the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas , these are in particular the following types of jellyfish: