- Chrysaora fuscescens, or the Pacific Sea Nettlle, is a free-floating jellyfish that lives in the Pacific Ocean
- It is a member of phylum Chrysaora
- Although the sea nettle has a simple structure, its reproduction system is quite complex. To start it, males release their sperm into the water, while the females hold the sperm and fertilize their own eggs.
- The eggs attach themselves to the mother's tentacles and develop into planula, which then detach
planula are pear-shaped organisms that move using small hairs called cilia
- The planula develop into flower shaped polyps and attach to a solid surface
- The polyps reproduce through budding, until many of them are formed
- After the polyp has fully developed, it detaches into a jellyfish and releases into the wild