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How do jellyfish reproudoce?

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Jellyfish reproduction is kind of complex. The medusa (jellyfish) stage is the sexual stage, meaning it reproduces sexually. They broadcast gametes into the ocean, which when fertilized become planula larvae. These larva settle onto substrate and grow into the polyp stage, which is the asexual stage. The polyp, which looks like a tiny anemone, can now do two things. They could bud and produce more polyps, or they could elongate and form a string of disks staked one on the other. This process is called strobilization. These disks pop off and become an ephyra which then grows into an adult medusa jellyfish.

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