3 Box Jellyfish (Chiropsalmus sp.) at Laguna Beach, Florida

Description and Comments

3 Box jellyfish, Chiropsalmus sp. found washed ashore at Laguna Beach, near Panama City, FL. I am currently lacking information unfortunately, as I only know that my friend found the specimens and identified them as Chiropsalmus. It has been stormy in that area the last few days, which is likely why they showed up, as the species are said to die and often wash ashore after heavy or persistent rains.

Author

BernietheTortoise

Type of organism

Box Jelly
Confidence Lvl - 3/10

Quantity

2

Latitude

30.24

Longitude

-85.92

Comments

jellywatch Wed, 11/06/2013 - 00:20

Thanks for the great reports, BtT. It was confusing because there is a Laguna Beach in California too, and would have been shocking to see Chiropsalmus there...! I But in fact, there are probably a lot of other Laguna Beaches also...