Animals

How many species of jellyfish are known?

~2,000

Background

Scientists know around 2,000 species of jellyfish. Some are tiny, while others have tentacles up to 30 meters long. Jellyfish have no brain and no heart. They have lived in the oceans for more than 500 million years, longer than dinosaurs.

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