Lion mane sighting in LBNY

Description and Comments

We absolutely saw this very red/purple lions mane jellyfish swimming around the end of our dock. We are in Reynolds Channel above Long Beach, NY. It had tons of thin white and red tentacles it’s cap was about a foot wide and the tentacles were about a foot 2 feet long. Floated around the end of our dock and even circled around at the end of our dock before floating away.

Author

Jellywatcher (not verified)

Type of organism

Jellyfish
Lions mane

Quantity

1

Latitude

40.59

Longitude

-73.64

Condition

Alive