42+ Immortal Jellyfish Polyp Stage Pics. The polypoid it is no different to the turritopsis dohrnii, except that it can revert to its polyp stage at any time. A jellyfish larva first develops into a polyp and it is this polyp that will then asexually produce thousands of jellyfish.

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This polyp feeds on various things like plankton and over time a colony of polyps will form from the single polyp, all connected via feeding tubes. Over time new genetically identical clones of the original jellyfish are released from the polyp in to the sea and incredibly these can also transform back if. Habitat and distribution the jellyfish is known to prefer warm waters but have casually been found in cold waters as well.

At any point from the time they emerge from a polyp to being fully mature, their bodies can revert back to the polyp stage if environmental.

Scientists have discovered that a hydrozoan named turritopsis nutricula is biologically immortal. It is the only known case of a metazoan capable of reverting completely to a sexually. Immortal jelly fish life cycle. You can see the polyp on the bottom right, the strobila and the immature jellyfish at the top.