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Title Date of sighting reporter Image Lat / Lng Description Type of organism Other type
jelly in Italy Jellywatcher 38.730 / 16.540

unknown specie of jelly, more than 50cm diameter, found n

Jellyfish
Jellyfish in… Jellywatcher 43.120 / 6.280 Jellyfish
Man o War washed on… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 26.100 / -97.160 Man o war
Sting ray found on beach… mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 32.780 / -117.250 Other Turtle
Chiropsalmus… Bedearing 32.000 / -80.850 Box Jelly
Chysaora… Bedearing 32.000 / -80.850 Jellyfish
large quantity… Jellywatcher 36.000 / -122.000

The shore break looked like it was full of polka dots - m

Jellyfish
Unknown jellyfish sp. mobile_jellywatcher Alt text 34.960 / -120.650

avg size = 7 inches diameter

 Jellyfish
Stomolophus… Bedearing 32.000 / -80.850 Jellyfish
bioluminescent… Jellywatcher 28.250 / -82.730

I do not know the type of jelly these were.

Jellyfish
Southcoast MA… Jellywatcher 41.500 / -71.030

quite a bit of sightings in the area even in brackish wat

Man o war
Physalia physalis ssiebert Alt text 41.530 / -70.670

Thanks to friendly MBL staff we could get our hands on th

Man o war
Portuguese Man of War Jellywatcher Alt text 31.320 / -113.540

After a couple days of high winds, we found a few of thes

Man o war
tunicate plyles Alt text 34.010 / -119.410

Last year there were many of these...very few seen this y

Other
tunicate plyles Alt text 33.980 / -119.400

a few of these seen off Anacapa Island

 Other
Comb Jellies?… Jellywatcher 42.090 / -70.640

My Fiancee and I went to brant rock (Ocean Street) and pa

Jellyfish
Pelagia… Jellywatcher 43.270 / 6.640

Thousands of them in the water

 Jellyfish
Black jellies… beroe 33.530 / -117.770

News report of likely Chrysaora achylos at Thousand Steps

Jellyfish
Beautiful… Jellywatcher 29.710 / -93.450

Glowing green, amazing to see in the surf and at our feet

Jellyfish
Thetys vagina… Jellywatcher 36.610 / -121.890

Kayaking around Monterey Harbor on July 4 2013 I noticed

Jellyfish
Herring Point… Jellywatcher 38.770 / -75.080 Jellyfish sea lice
Man o war… Jellywatcher 41.520 / -70.670

Man o war stuck in pilings at Woods Hole, MA

 Man o war
Unknown Ctenophore-… cnatsphysalia Alt text 37.890 / -75.340

Found a big one. I could have been Mnemiopsis leydii

 Other Ctenophore
Chiropsalmus quadramanus… Bedearing 32.000 / -80.850 Box Jelly
Grand Cayman Snlorkeling… PatRuss Alt text 19.370 / -81.270

While snorkeling at Rum Point on Grand Cayman Island I sa

Box Jelly