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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Freshwater… Jellywatcher 40.350 / -122.200

Was kayaking with a friend in lake California when he spo

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Cyanea… Jellywatcher 58.320 / 11.400

Several small lions mane jellies off the coast of Ramsvik

Jellyfish
Tiny lion’s… Jellywatcher 58.320 / 11.400 Jellyfish
Point Lobos… Jellywatcher 36.510 / -121.940

Not unusual to see moon jellies in the area.

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Jellyfish… Jellywatcher 34.680 / -76.950

Unknown sting in 5-6’ water at Emerald Isle, NC.

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Jellyfish… Jellywatcher 34.270 / -77.740 Jellyfish
Salps Jellywatcher 42.840 / -70.860 Other Salps
Lions mane Jellywatcher 40.960 / -72.400

8 inch lions mane sighting in North Sea in the Peconic Ba

Jellyfish Lions Mane
Barrel… Jellywatcher 55.430 / -4.690

A barrel jellyfish and a few lions mane jellyfish spotted

Jellyfish Barrel and lions mane
Lions Mane in… Jellywatcher 40.000 / 3.800 Jellyfish
Lion's… Tayport35 55.930 / -4.880

Probably dead found on beach.

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Compass… Jellywatcher 50.260 / -3.860

Saw single compass jelly in about 1m water while snorkell

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River Center… Jellywatcher 26.930 / -80.090 Jellyfish
V. Velella… Jellywatcher 41.520 / -71.000

Several dozen V. Velella washed up on beach, So.

Velella
Compass… Jellywatcher 50.340 / -4.150

Three healthy compass jellyfish spotted whilst on boat t

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Jellyfish… Jellywatcher -37.850 / 144.950

found the squashed remnant inside my swimming costume, re

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Aurelias… Jellywatcher 36.070 / -75.690

While I was on my morning walk, I saw a moon Kelly washed

Jellyfish
Velella Kenya… Jellywatcher -3.340 / 40.030

A few by the wind sailors scattered along Watamu beach

Velella
Rhopilema… Andreas Galea 35.840 / 14.570 Other Rhopilema Nomadica
there where 3… Jellywatcher 35.840 / 14.570 Other Rhopilema Nomadica
Mnemiopsis… Jellywatcher 45.310 / 13.580

There was onshore wind the whole day before and when we w

Other Ctenophore
Cyana… Jellywatcher -37.990 / 145.060

8-10 cm diameter in clear water between 20-50m from shore

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Velella… Jellywatcher 41.340 / -70.800

Many have washed up on the Atlantic Ocean beach at the so

Velella
Velella… Jellywatcher 41.340 / -70.800

Here's the photo of one of the examples I reported 8

Velella
Jellyfish at… Jellywatcher 51.490 / -3.730

We spotted a small jelly fish approx 7 or 8 cm in diamete

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