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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fried eggs… | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
47.610 / -122.340 | Jellyfish | Phacellophora | ||
| Stingrays in… | Jellywatcher | 
|
37.790 / -122.260 | Sitngrays making an East Bay appearance through the canal |
Other | ||
| Sea Sponge? | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
33.500 / -79.060 | Don't know what this is exactly. |
Other | Sea sponge | |
| Jelly fish… | S Leard | 46.290 / -63.730 | The beach was littered with thousands of dead jellyfish a |
Jellyfish | |||
| Vella Vellela… | Jellywatcher | 36.620 / -121.940 | At Asilomar Beach. 100s of them on the beach. |
Jellyfish | |||
| Phacellophora… | Elizabeth Eubanks | 36.850 / -123.390 | Egg Yolk Jelly collected on our 115m trawl - aboard the John | Jellyfish | |||
| Octopus… | Elizabeth Eubanks | 
|
36.750 / -121.930 | Octopus rubescens - Red Octopus collected on our 115m tra |
Other | Octopus | |
| Vella vellela… | mobile_jellywatcher | 36.560 / -121.930 | Velella | Velella | |||
| By the Wind… | Elizabeth Eubanks | 
|
36.800 / -121.790 | Jellyfish | |||
| West Coast Sea… | cry_baby95 | 
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36.640 / -121.930 | Jellyfish | |||
| Cannonball… | mobile_jellywatcher | 
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34.220 / -77.790 | Jellyfish | Cannonball | ||
| Thousands of… | beroe | 
|
36.800 / -121.790 | Probably tens of thousands, feeding on anchovies in the e |
Other | Birds | |
| Blue jelly… | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
36.800 / -121.790 | Velella | |||
| Velella | miriamsutton | 
|
36.800 / -121.790 | Seen during EARTH workshop |
Velella | Velella | |
| Vella velella… | klodes | 
|
36.800 / -121.790 | Velella velella |
Velella | Velella | |
| By the Wind… | Elizabeth Eubanks | 
|
36.800 / -121.790 | Velella | Velella | ||
| Velella | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
36.800 / -121.790 | Seen during MBARI workshop |
Velella | Velella | |
| Blue Jellies… | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
36.620 / -121.940 | Washed ashore |
Velella | Velella | |
| Velella… | cry_baby95 | 
|
36.640 / -121.930 | Hundreds of these free floating cnidarians were found jus |
Velella | Velella | |
| Vertebrate on… | Erik | 36.610 / -121.900 | distressed juvenile sea lion hauled out at Coast Guard je |
Vertebrate | |||
| Seal in sand… | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
36.610 / -121.950 | Stranded? Doesn't appear injured. |
Vertebrate | Seal | |
| Lots of… | mobile_jellywatcher | 36.940 / -76.210 | Jellyfish | ||||
| Portuguese Man… | k2a7t | 41.450 / -71.440 | 8" Man o war sighted at Roger Wheeler aka Sand Hill |
Man o war | |||
| … | Jellywatcher | 41.290 / -70.120 | Went for a swim at Steps Beach on Nantucket around 10. |
Red Tide | |||
| Velella… | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.620 / -121.940 | Tons of stranded velellas all over the beach |
Velella | Velella |