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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Velella husks… beroe Alt text 36.630 / -121.850 Velella Velella
Man-o-war mobile_jellywatcher 34.710 / -76.620 Man o war Portuguese
Jimbles at… swimmingidiots -33.820 / 151.250

More stings today

Box Jelly Carybdea
Pamilco Sound… Jellywatcher 35.610 / -75.680

Water unusually low this year, but I've never seen a

Jellyfish
Blue barrel… hmsnaith Alt text 50.680 / -1.550

Very large bell (80cm diameter) and deep blue / purple co

Jellyfish Barrel jelly (blue)
Stellamedusa… beroe Alt text 36.710 / -122.050

fairly rare jellyfish from 688 meters

Jellyfish Stellamedusa ventana
Man o war And… Sea Nettle616 26.120 / -97.170

Man O War and Sea Nettle in South padre island Texas.

Man o war Atlantic sea nettle
Lots of… beroe 36.710 / -122.020

Many Mitrocoma and Pyrosomes in Monterey Bay

Other Pyrosome
Velella at San… EsmeraldaBH 30.480 / -116.100

There were several individuals of velella on the beach, d

Velella Velella
Clam Beach -… donallen48 40.990 / -124.120

Nothing unusual to report.

Clean sea
Physalia mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 27.920 / -110.890 Man o war
Gooseneck… Jellywatcher Alt text 32.770 / -117.300

Blue gooseneck barnacle (Dosima fascicularis?) found grow

Velella Velella
Small blue… Jellywatcher Alt text 35.640 / -121.190

There are thousands of the Velellas washed up on all of t

Velella Velella
Méduse mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 43.480 / 6.930 Jellyfish
Clam Beach… donallen48 Alt text 40.990 / -124.120

Probably Aequorea.

Jellyfish
Médise (2) mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 43.480 / 6.930 Jellyfish
Friday Harbor… Jellywatcher 48.540 / -123.010

A tiny, clear jellyfish was spotted off a dock in Friday

Jellyfish
Aequorea… jellyhunter 36.630 / -121.900

Aequorea were abundant in surface slicks, Velella also ab

Jellyfish
Jellyfish… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 30.230 / -87.910

We were told by locals that these are Man-O-War.

Man o war
Bubble… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 27.920 / -110.890 Other Bubble snail janthina
Clam Beach… donallen48 Alt text 40.990 / -124.120

Abundant new washup of Velella velella on this beach.

Velella Velella
Tide pools SabrinaS Alt text 48.250 / -124.680

Tons of healthy looking star fish and anemones.

Other Star fish & anemones
Velella Jellywatcher 32.820 / -117.280

La Jolla Shores, California All washed ashore, majorit

Velella Velella
Velella… Jellywatcher 37.760 / -122.510

We saw many dead Velella Velella (thousands--they were al

Velella Velella
Washed up in… Jellywatcher 34.430 / -77.540

All concentrated in one general area about 12 have beache

Jellyfish