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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurelia aurita… | MobileAnonymous | 
|
43.200 / 27.930 | Jellyfish | |||
| Aurelia aurita… | Jellywatcher | 
|
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 | 
|
36.810 / -121.790 | Velella | |||
| Washed up… | MobileAnonymous | 
|
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 | 
|
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 | 
|
36.910 / -76.090 | I’ve lived near the Chesapeake Bay my entire life and hav |
Man o war | ||
| Cannonball… | MobileAnonymous | 
|
33.680 / -78.900 | Two medium-sized milky-white cannonball jellies spotted a |
Jellyfish | Schyphozoa | |
| Man o'… | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.930 / -76.200 | saw five man o wars washed up on the shore of the chesape |
Man o war | ||
| Portugese Man… | Jellywatcher | 36.710 / -75.930 | Heavy surf and 3 washed up on the beach. |
Man o war | |||
| Fort Story… | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.860 / -76.000 | Spotted about 3 man o war washed up on shore at Fort Stor |
Man o war | ||
| 3 manowars | Jellywatcher | 
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36.740 / -76.030 | 3 dead manowars spotted on Sandbridge beach by rock lane. |
Man o war | ||
| CXB Man O Wars… | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.920 / -76.140 | Two Portuguese Man o Wars have been spotted washed up on |
Man o war | ||
| Burton… | Jellywatcher | 50.700 / -2.730 | See through and pink with pink tentacles |
Jellyfish | |||
| Man o’ war… | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.870 / -75.980 | Saw a man o’ war washed up on the beach at 46th street in |
Man o war | ||
| Velallas at… | Jellywatcher | 
|
35.440 / -120.890 | Many stranded velallas and hundred dead/dried up. |
Velella | ||
| Lions mane… | MobileAnonymous | 51.680 / -4.250 | Only spotted one swimming in the sea and couldn’t get a p |
Jellyfish | |||
| Lion’s mane… | MobileAnonymous | 
|
47.700 / -122.390 | Jellyfish | Cyanea capillata | ||
| Chesapeake Bay… | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.930 / -76.070 | oozing blue shimmering matter |
Man o war | ||
| Chesapeake Bay… | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.920 / -76.060 | oozing blue shimmering matter |
Man o war |