Researchers say that while other types of jellyfish disintegrate after death, benikurage reverts to an earlier stage of development. Its red core, which includes the jellyfish's mouth, stomach and reproductive organs, does not dissolve but continues to accumulate nutrients from the seawater and later forms the basis of a new semitranslucent body for the creature.
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