Get Immortal Jellyfish Polyp Background. The immortal jellyfish begins it life as a larva, called a planula. Why is turritopsis dohrnii called the immortal jellyfish?

Are Jellyfish Immortal Passport Ocean
Are Jellyfish Immortal Passport Ocean from passportocean.com
The polyp colony of an immortal jellyfish © peter schuchert/world register of marine species. When on the brink of death, the immortal jellyfish can revert back to the polyp stage and start its life cycle all over again. When most fish die after their sexual maturity, immortal jellyfish get transformed back into a polyp and restart the.

The polyp colony of an immortal jellyfish © peter schuchert/world register of marine species.

Deep within the mediterranean sea lays a species of jellyfish that are actually immortal. Turritopsis dohrnii is the only known animal to be immortal. When on the brink of death, the immortal jellyfish can revert back to the polyp stage and start its life cycle all over again. The supposedly 'immortal' jellyfish turritopsis dohrnii has captivated scientists since it was this small, predatory marine invertebrate has two stages in its life cycle: