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The purple jellyfish (Thysanostoma loriferum) is one of three species of jellyfish in the family Thysanostomatidae, a family of true jellyfish found in the Indo-Pacific. It has a dome-shaped bell with fine purple lining and purple fringes at the bottom of the bell. Its tentacles are also purple and can be withdrawn, or extruded, measuring up to half a meter long.