Undersea world

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Jellyfish can see.

If you look closely at the edge of the jellyfish's umbrella, you will see small organs called ropalia. They contain the sensory structures of the jellyfish: not only organs that perceive light, but also balance organs, environmental pressure sensors, and chemical receptors. The box jellyfish has four ropalia, each with 6 eyes, for a total of 24 units. Eight of them have fully functional lenses, a retina, and an iris that opens and closes like ours when it gets brighter or darker.

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