The jellyfish are purple or blue in colour, hence the name Mauve, and were spotted on a 30-mile stretch of coastline between Falmouth and St Austell. Rachael Edmans, the beachgoer in Falmouth who ...
“A big jellyfish bloom makes the headlines ... and it packs just a gentle sting. The purple splotches on its oral arms are mouths. Worldwide more than 825,000 tons of jellyfish are harvested ...
Anyone unfamiliar with the biology of the venomous Portuguese man-of-war would likely mistake it for a jellyfish ... also known as bluebottles for the purple-blue color of their pneumatophores.