Overwintering Aurelia medusae
Description and Comments
Spotted this moon jelly mid-winter, as well as a couple of others in the week prior. The relatively large sizes (>10cm) suggest to me that these are overwintering medusae. Bloom dynamics here tend to be strongly seasonal but seeing the odd winter medusa suggests that a few survive from the previous year.
Type of organism
Jellyfish
Quantity
1
Latitude
49.32
Longitude
-122.94