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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three dead… | ParadiseCove | 
|
47.380 / -122.520 | Found a large rust colored jelly (Lion’s Mane)? |
Jellyfish | ||
| 5 dead… | ParadiseCove | 
|
47.380 / -122.520 | 5 of the same species of jellyfish dead on beach |
Jellyfish | ||
| Velellas at… | RobiBeachScience | 
|
35.960 / -75.620 | Saw 2-5 velellas (sometimes not clear whether we were see |
Velella | ||
| Ctenophores… | singleuseplanet | 
|
36.580 / -121.820 | I |
Box Jelly | Ctenophores, sea gooseberry | |
| Cyanea and… | lemellenthin | 
|
41.270 / -72.530 | Cyanea and Mnemiopsis found and collected with dip net on |
Jellyfish | ||
| Cyanea and… | lemellenthin | 41.280 / -72.930 | both found and collected with dip net on surface |
Jellyfish | |||
| Cyanea bloom… | mb_decker | 
|
41.280 / -72.930 | Mnemiopsis also present |
Jellyfish | ||
| Mnemiopsis | mb_decker | 41.280 / -72.930 | present with Cyanea at same location. |
Other | ctenophore | ||
| Pleurobrachia… | mb_decker | 
|
41.240 / -72.910 | Dense aggregation observed from a boat near breakwater at |
Other | Ctenophores | |
| Phacellophora… | charlotteseid | 
|
32.860 / -117.260 | Single organism, alive, 48 ft depth, near sandy bottom at |
Jellyfish | ||
| Phacellophora… | charlotteseid | 
|
32.860 / -117.260 | Single organism, alive, 90 ft depth, near canyon edge, 08 |
Jellyfish | ||
| Pegea ?socia… | charlotteseid | 
|
32.860 / -117.260 | Live chain of >20 individuals at 73 ft depth along the |
Other | Pegea socia | |
| Pyrosoma… | charlotteseid | 
|
32.820 / -118.340 | Pyrosoma atlanticum abundant throughout water column at F |
Other | Pyrosoma atlanticum | |
| Leucothea… | charlotteseid | 
|
32.820 / -118.340 | One large, somewhat damaged individual at the edge of the |
Other | Leucothea pulchra | |
| Apolemia… | charlotteseid | 
|
32.860 / -117.260 | Depth 80 ft, Vallecitos Point, La Jolla Submarine Canyon, |
Jellyfish | ||
| Phacellophora… | charlotteseid | 
|
32.830 / -118.370 | Little Flower Reef (32.839444, -118.368611), southeastern |
Jellyfish | ||
| Right-handed… | charlotteseid | 
|
32.870 / -117.250 | Found floating at low tide by local tidepoolers at the Di |
Velella | ||
| Lion’s mane (… | bemysquishy | 
|
41.090 / -73.390 | Two dead on the beach, 3-4 inches diameter. |
Jellyfish | ||
| Pyrosomes | bemysquishy | 
|
44.280 / -124.110 | About 30 small pyrosomes (6-8cm length) washed up on the |
Other | pyrosome | |
| Salps in La… | Jellyjules | 32.870 / -117.260 | Salps: individuals and chains found at the surface to 15 |
Other | Salps | ||
| Pleurobrachia… | Jellyjules | 32.870 / -117.260 | Pleurobrachia spp (Ctenophore), and salps found on the su |
Other | Ctenophore, and salps | ||
| Benthic… | MobileAnonymous | 19.670 / -156.030 | Outside the harbor in Kona, at 100 feet depth, we saw two |
Other | Ctenophore | ||
| Crowned… | MobileAnonymous | 
|
19.470 / -155.920 | Jellyfish | Crowned jellyfish | ||
| no Aurelia | MobileAnonymous | 35.320 / 139.650 | no Aurelia | Clean sea | |||
| Méduse | MobileAnonymous | 42.850 / 9.480 | Jellyfish |