Turritopsis nutricula: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Anthoathecata
- Family
- Oceaniidae
- Genus
- Turritopsis
- Species
- Turritopsis nutricula
- Scientific Name
- Turritopsis nutricula
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Turritopsis nutricula
Turritopsis nutricula is a small hydrozoan that once reaching adulthood, can transfer its cells back to childhood. This adaptive trait likely evolved in order to extend the life of the individual. Several different species of the genus Turritopsis were formerly classified as T. nutricula, including the "immortal jellyfish" which is now classified as T. dohrnii.
...Turritopsis nutricula in languages:
- Czech
- polyp medúzový
- Japanese
- ベニクラゲ



