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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velella over the coast… | Jellywatcher | 
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37.960 / -122.790 | Mostly clear organisms but about 10% blue ones. |
Velella | ||
| Cala Domestica Sardinia… | Jellywatcher | 
|
39.370 / 8.380 | Beach of Cala Domestica, Sardinia at sunset. |
Velella | JANTHINA | |
| Sea Walnuts in Little… | Jellywatcher | 
|
37.890 / -76.280 | 1.5 to 2 inch translucent comb jelly with mauve/pink vein |
Jellyfish | ||
| Monterey Bay Jelly | MobileAnonymous | 
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36.600 / -121.890 | Jellyfish | |||
| As seen at Yorktown… | Jellywatcher | 
|
37.240 / -76.510 | Hundreds of small to medium red and orange jellyfish |
Jellyfish | ||
| Velella | Jellywatcher | 
|
38.310 / -123.050 | Mass amount at Doran beach |
Velella | ||
| Velellas at Ocean Beach… | Jellywatcher | 
|
37.760 / -122.510 | This is what I was today at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. |
Velella | ||
| Dead Velellas | Jellywatcher | 
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37.760 / -122.510 | I have never seen or heard of velellas before. |
Velella | ||
| A lot of velella in… | Jellywatcher | 
|
43.280 / 5.300 | Velella | |||
| Aptos, California | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.950 / -121.880 | along the beach in the sand |
Velella | ||
| Velella | Jellywatcher | 
|
45.890 / -123.960 | Large number washed up on the shore near Cannon Beach OR |
Velella | ||
| Linda mar beach velella… | Jellywatcher | 
|
37.600 / -122.500 | Saw so many blue ones tonight! |
Velella | ||
| Australian spotted jelly… | MobileAnonymous | 
|
19.020 / -96.070 | Commonly about 7-8 cm. Giant specimens of 20-25. |
Jellyfish | Phylloriza punctata | |
| Lots of vellelas in… | Jellywatcher | 
|
35.370 / -120.850 | By-the-wind sailors. Lots of them on low tide. |
Velella | ||
| Velella stranded on… | Jellywatcher | 
|
34.200 / -119.180 | Hundreds of Velella washed up on shore after storm on Mar |
Velella | ||
| By the wind sailor | Jellywatcher | 
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35.440 / -120.890 | Thousands on the shore in Cayucos, CA |
Velella | ||
| Velella at south of… | Jellywatcher | 
|
43.100 / 5.810 | Velella at Six-Fours-Les-Plages, France |
Velella | ||
| Monterey, CA., Pacific… | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.640 / -121.970 | Turn out past Lovers Point, towards end of Pacific Grove |
Velella | ||
| Velella at ocean beach… | Jellywatcher | 
|
37.760 / -122.510 | So many spotted at ocean beach between Lawton and Irving. |
Velella | ||
| Sail jellyfish | Jellywatcher | 
|
45.480 / -123.720 | At tunnel beach Oregon, tens of thousands washed ashore |
Velella | ||
| Velella Corsica | Jellywatcher | 
|
41.780 / 9.430 | Thousands of live, dead and floating velella on a pebble |
Velella | ||
| Vellela on beach | Jellywatcher | 
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37.520 / -122.520 | Many Vellela on beach and in tide pools |
Velella | ||
| Pismo Beach, California… | Jellywatcher | 
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35.140 / -120.640 | Lots of Velella strewn across the beach, some alive, some |
Velella | ||
| Velella in Monterey CA… | Jellywatcher | 
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36.610 / -121.950 | We spotted thousands of Velella stranded on the various b |
Velella | ||
| Rockaway beach sighting… | Jellywatcher | 
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45.020 / -123.760 | Beach covered in velellas overnight in Rockaway Beach, OR |
Velella |