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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
Benthic ctenophores at… MobileAnonymous 19.670 / -156.030

Outside the harbor in Kona, at 100 feet depth, we saw two

Other Ctenophore
thysanostoma… MobileAnonymous 19.580 / -156.030

I spotted this thysanostoma loriferum aka pelagic purple

Jellyfish thysanostoma
Man o war at… Jellywatcher 19.810 / -156.010

Approximately 100 in the water and on the beach, mostly j

Man o war
Kona, Hawaii… Jellywatcher 19.640 / -156.010

Found at dive site Air Stations, Pawai Bay.

Jellyfish
Thysanostoma… Jellywatcher 19.810 / -156.010

We saw this Thysanostoma loriferum swimming near shore at

Jellyfish
Thysanostoma… Jellywatcher 19.630 / -156.000

My friend Rob Van Geen and I encountered a beautiful Thys

Jellyfish
Jelly off Kona… CRC 19.130 / -156.000

Seen in >2000 m depth off S. Kona

Jellyfish
pelagic… Jellywatcher 19.460 / -156.000

Thysanostoma sp., probably Thysanostoma flagellatum, acco

Jellyfish
Unknown spp of… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 19.830 / -155.990

This jelly emerged from an anchialine pond in kaupulehu,

Jellyfish Anchialine pond jelly
Thysanostoma… Jellywatcher 19.520 / -155.980 Jellyfish
Ctenophore,… Shane Anderson Alt text 19.560 / -155.970

One individual seen 1 meter from surface at the entrance

Other Ctenophore, Lobate
Thysanostoma… CRC 19.370 / -155.960

This jellyfish was seen off Kona, Hawaii, on 14 April 201

Jellyfish
Crowned… MobileAnonymous 19.470 / -155.920 Jellyfish Crowned jellyfish
Pelagic… Jellywatcher 19.490 / -155.910

Found this jelly swimming in shallow water off the Kona C

Jellyfish
Purple Pelagic… Jellywatcher 19.410 / -155.900

Large Jelly with big purple dome about 9-10 inches in dia

Jellyfish
thysanostoma… Jellywatcher 19.990 / -155.830

Spotted this thysanostoma loriferum swimming with a juven

Jellyfish
Portuguese man o war in… openhouse 19.980 / -155.830

Big island

Man o war man o war
Hawaii island… Jellywatcher 20.010 / -155.820

Was badly stung while swimming and it stayed attached to

Man o war
Big Island of Hawaii at… Jellywatcher 20.020 / -155.820

Spotted several Portuguese Man of War washing up on beach

Man o war Portuguese Man o' War
Sea turtle at… henry 18.940 / -155.650

Saw a large sea turtle (~ 5 ft) while swimming at Papakol

Other Turtle
Possible… Jellywatcher 57.540 / -153.990

This one looked more brown than it did people and yellow,

Jellyfish
Kodiak Lions… Jellywatcher 57.470 / -152.480

About twenty purple and yellow blobs washed up on the san

Jellyfish
Gulf of Alaska… rafrost Alt text 57.630 / -151.960

We saw this bloom of jellyfish back in August, there were

Jellyfish
clean beach chayatamal Alt text 59.770 / -151.870 Clean sea
clean beach/… chayatamal Alt text 59.770 / -151.870 Clean sea