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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méduses à Nice… | Jellywatcher | 43.690 / 7.240 | Some pelagic jellyfish 100m from the edge, very stinging< |
Jellyfish | |||
| Aurelia aurita… | MobileAnonymous | 
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43.210 / 27.940 | Jellyfish | |||
| 2 or More… | Jellywatcher | 30.350 / -89.150 | Possibly a bay nettle/ sea nettle. |
Jellyfish | |||
| Moon jellyfish… | Jellywatcher | 36.560 / -121.920 | Carmel beach |
Jellyfish | |||
| Not sure what… | Jellywatcher | 
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56.040 / -2.830 | Just seen on Gullane beach; my feet are size ten for meas |
Jellyfish | ||
| Velella on… | Jellywatcher | 36.900 / -121.810 | Hundreds of “fresh” velella washed up |
Velella | |||
| Velella… | Jellywatcher | 35.290 / -120.840 | Washed up ashore, hundreds in the group. |
Velella | |||
| Wrightsville… | Jellywatcher | 34.200 / -77.800 | Multiple cannonball jellyfish along shore waters |
Other | Cannonball | ||
| Santa Cruz CA… | Jellywatcher | 
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36.970 / -122.030 | We saw thousands tonight around 7pm PST at Twin Lakes Bea |
Velella | ||
| Blue Aliens… | Jellywatcher | 35.050 / -120.620 | They have landed! Blue "v" sail jellyfish 🪼 |
Velella | |||
| Rhizostoma… | Tayport35 | 
|
56.410 / -5.470 | Floating in somewhat shallow water of Oban Bay. |
Jellyfish | ||
| Des bancs de… | MobileAnonymous | 43.280 / 5.390 | Il y’avait un énorme banc et c’est passer pendant des heu |
Jellyfish | |||
| Aurelia aurita… | MobileAnonymous | 
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43.200 / 27.930 | Jellyfish | |||
| Aurelia aurita… | Jellywatcher | 
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43.210 / 27.940 | Jellyfish | |||
| Portuguese Man… | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.950 / -76.240 | Past week I've been finding Portuguese man of war on |
Man o war | ||
| Compass… | MobileAnonymous | 53.370 / -3.200 | Jellyfish | Compass jellyfish | |||
| Velella at… | Jellywatcher | 
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36.810 / -121.790 | Velella | |||
| Washed up… | MobileAnonymous | 
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36.930 / -76.190 | 1 moon jelly and 2 unidentified ctenophores on ocean view |
Jellyfish | ||
| Portuguese Man… | Jellywatcher | 36.940 / -76.220 | Portuguese Man O War. |
Man o war | |||
| False cape | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.630 / -75.900 | All beached, 4 in the distance of 1 mile. |
Man o war | ||
| Man o war | Jellywatcher | 
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36.710 / -75.940 | Spotted in Sandbridge beach, Virginia Beach, VA |
Man o war | ||
| OBX | Jellywatcher | 35.350 / -75.510 | On shore, multiple washed up with bright blue/purple coni |
Man o war | |||
| Portugese man… | Jellywatcher | 36.910 / -76.070 | Blue-is jellyfish with bubble on top (definitely a PMOW) |
Man o war | Tried to upload pic but file wouldn't load | ||
| Portuguese,… | Jellywatcher | 
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36.910 / -76.090 | I’ve lived near the Chesapeake Bay my entire life and hav |
Man o war | ||
| Cannonball… | MobileAnonymous | 
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33.680 / -78.900 | Two medium-sized milky-white cannonball jellies spotted a |
Jellyfish | Schyphozoa |