Jellyfish: An outrageous reproduction
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https://doi.org/10.22201/ceide.16076079e.2026.27.1.1Keywords:
jellyfish, polyp, asexual reproduction, cloningAbstract
Reproduction is a biological process by which species perpetuate. This process has its variants, becoming somewhat complicated in some animals, such as the jellyfish. The life cycle of jellyfish includes stages or phases during which organisms are of different sizes and even have different shapes. At one stage of their life, when they have the jellyfish form, they are visible and attractive because they are large, colorful, and can be seen swimming in the water; in this phase, they reproduce sexually because they are male or female. But in another stage, called polyp, they are very small, they are submerged and attached to shells, rocks, or docks, and they do not have a differentiated sex, which means they are asexual, so their reproduction changes.
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