Note
Pelagia noctiluca is a common circumtropical, epipelagic scyphomedusa. It captures prey either on the exumbrella, tentacles, or oral arms. Ciliary activity and muscular contractions transport the prey proximally toward the stomach where the elongate gastric cirri attach to it and digestion begins. Prey of P. noctiluca medusae collected in inshore waters of Puerto Rico consisted of a wide variety of zooplankton (e.g., hydromedusae, ctenophores, copepods, chaetognaths, and fish eggs).