Is the peach blossom jellyfish poisonous? How much does one cost, and what does it eat to grow?

Peach blossom jellyfish, also called peach blossom fish or parachute fish, is a genus in the family Olindiidae of small freshwater jellyfish, with extremely high research value and ornamental value. So, is the peach blossom jellyfish poisonous? How much does one cost? What food does it eat to grow?

1. Is the peach blossom jellyfish poisonous?

Yes, it is poisonous. The bell of the peach blossom jellyfish constantly contracts and relaxes, forcing the water out of the subumbrellar cavity and thereby slowly swimming in the opposite direction. When it encounters food, the nematocysts on its tentacles shoot out threads that sting the captured prey, quickly killing it by poisoning, and then the tentacles deliver it to the mouth, where it is swallowed into the stomach.

2. How much does one peach blossom jellyfish cost?

The peach blossom jellyfish is an endangered animal, but it is not a nationally protected animal. Because the time and place at which the polyp transforms into the medusa are unpredictable, it is generally difficult to collect, and even when collected it survives for only a very short time (just a few days), and it has little value, so it is generally not sold. On the black market it usually costs tens of thousands of yuan each, and peach blossom jellyfish generally cannot be kept alive; they can only survive in lakes with extremely clean water.

3. What food does the peach blossom jellyfish eat to grow?

The peach blossom jellyfish mostly feeds on cyclops, small nematodes, small annelids, small tadpoles, small fry and the like.

4. What species are there?

1. Yichang peach blossom jellyfish: discovered in 1907, distributed only in Yichang, Hubei.

2. Chinese peach blossom jellyfish: discovered in 1939, distributed in Leshan, Sichuan, Yichang, Hubei and other places.

3. Leshan peach blossom jellyfish: discovered in 1939, distributed in Leshan, Sichuan, Zigui, Hubei, Chongqing and other places.

4. Hangzhou peach blossom jellyfish: discovered in 1980, distributed only in Hangzhou, China.

5. Xinyang peach blossom jellyfish: discovered in 1980, distributed only in Shihegang, Xinyang, Henan.

6. Sichuan peach blossom jellyfish: discovered in 1984, distributed only in Mount Qingcheng, Guanxian, Sichuan.

7. Zigui peach blossom jellyfish: discovered in 1985, distributed in Zigui, Hubei, Chongqing and other places.

8. Chuxiong peach blossom jellyfish: discovered in 2000, distributed only in Chuxiong, Yunnan.

9. Short-handed peach blossom jellyfish: discovered in 2002, distributed only in Zigui, Hubei.