Jellyfish restored: they eat fish eggs and juvenile fish, and compete with fish for food, preventing fish stocks from recovering. Some small fish are immune to the stings of the jellyfish and live among the tentacles, serving as bait in a fish trap; they are safe from potential predators and are able to share in the fish caught by the jellyfish. The cannonball jellyfish has a symbiotic relationship with ten different species of fish, and with the longnose spider crab, which lives inside the bell, sharing the jellyfish's food and nibbling its tissues. Jellyfish form large masses or blooms in certain
Thimble jellyfish eruption in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. This is an itchy rash of small red papules that develops in the areas that were covered by the bather's swimwear or hair. The condition does not occur immediately, but after the bather has showered or the skin has dried, killing the jellyfish larvae which react by discharging their stinging cells. In Florida, most cases occur between March and August. A similar condition occurs on the east coast of North America after exposure to the larvae of the sea anemone "Edwardsiella lineata". Thimble jellyfish The thimble jellyfish ("Linuche unguiculata") is a