2006-09-05 07:17:22 · 9 answers · asked by julie w 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
No jellyfish aren't fish at all they don't have bones. Stingrays are more related to sharks which means they have bonny structures. Jellyfish have many stingers on all their tenticles, stingrays only have the one at the end of their tail. Jellyfish are also way more deadly than stingrays, there is a speicies that kills people nearly 100% of the time, stingrays rarely even hurt people.
2006-09-05 07:24:51 · answer #1 · answered by Lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on evolution and the current classification system of living organisms, no. They don't have a common ancestor to be able to put them in a closely related family group... I don't know if you want to hear about that so I just won't go into it.... But if the relation deals with the single fact that they sting (with no other scientific classification in mind)... I guess you could say that they're related... even then though, the mechanics and uses for their "sting" are very different... the category "sting" would have to be very broad.. and the relation would have no real science behind it...
2006-09-07 22:40:28 · answer #2 · answered by K3vag 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stingrays are cartilagenous fish (no bones), related to sharks, whereas jellyfish are coelenterates divided into TWO phyla (1) They're very primitive and fascinating, because they're actually many small animals living as one colony, with different purposes (like the ones who sting).
2006-09-05 14:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by Gwynneth Of Olwen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're both in the animal kingdom but that's where it ends. Stingrays are in the Cordata phylum and jellyfish are in the Cnidaria phylum. So they're pretty darn distant on the relations scale.
2006-09-05 14:34:48 · answer #4 · answered by horselover1416 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm...never thought of that, but then jellyfish have more like a dome-like body and swim upward, while stingrays swim across the ocean floor
2006-09-05 14:23:52 · answer #5 · answered by blingding 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Bees sting too, but they're definately not related lol
2006-09-05 14:19:41 · answer #6 · answered by Judgerz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not related. Not even close.
2006-09-05 14:22:55 · answer #7 · answered by shoelace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope
2006-09-07 20:25:15 · answer #8 · answered by btlrboyz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there fish arent they! i think that answers it!
2006-09-05 14:21:14 · answer #9 · answered by stephen488@btinternet.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋