Identification please

Description and Comments

Found hundreds of these in a small estuary in the Canary islands, most appeared to be dead, about half the size of a golf ball and some were slightly red in colour, others were not, can you please ID? Thanks

Author

Jellywatcher (not verified)

Type of organism

Jellyfish

Quantity

100

Sun, 06/29/2014 - 18:00

Latitude

28.43

Longitude

-13.86

Comments

Hi, this appears to be a

jellyhunter Mon, 06/30/2014 - 13:51

Hi, this appears to be a mauve stinger or Pelagia noctiluca. Thank you for the post!

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