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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thalia democratica | caseywdunn | 9.410 / -82.180 | solitaries and chains |
Other | |||
| Sea lice nibbling at… | swimmingidiots | 
|
-33.050 / 151.580 | A few people were bitten by sea lice close in to shore th |
Other | Sea lice | |
| Beroe, Pleurobrachia (… | Nomeus | 
|
52.040 / 1.460 | A few small Beroe 2-3cm in shallows, one or two Pleurobra |
Other | ctenophore | |
| Clear Jelly Pods | kschulze | 
|
36.610 / -121.900 | Clear Jelly pods with rough surface along Cannery Row bea |
Other | Pyrosomes | |
| Comb Jellies (ctenophore… | swimmingidiots | -33.820 / 151.250 | Saw dozens (maybe hundreds) of comb jellies today about 3 |
Other | Comb Jelly | ||
| Mnemiopsis on Tybee… | Bedearing | 32.000 / -80.850 | Other | Ctenophore | |||
| ctenophores on Ruby… | johnhunter4x | 
|
47.670 / -124.400 | Lots of sea gooseberries (probably Pleurobrachia) at Ruby |
Other | ctenophores | |
| Dead Fish on Gulf shore… | Susank | 
|
30.290 / -87.490 | A few feet from the dead Pelican-I don't know what i |
Other | Bird | |
| Bioluminescence at… | Jellywatcher | 21.390 / -157.710 | Small bioluminescent creatures washing up on the shore, g |
Other | unkown | ||
| Ctenos | mucktopus | -0.570 / 130.690 | only a few gelatinous organisms noticed in four day dives |
Other | Ctenophores | ||
| Strange Mollusk Without… | Jellywatcher | 
|
27.640 / -80.330 | We were walking on the beach at Vero Beach South, FL, and |
Other | Mollusc - Sea hare? | |
| Kelp washout | drcolossus | 
|
36.800 / -121.790 | Other | |||
| sea butterfly | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.610 / -121.890 | There were many healthy ones in the water and also many s |
Other | thecosome pteropods | |
| Ctenophore | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
51.840 / 1.260 | This is the second time I have found a single on of these |
Other | ||
| Comb jellies (Ctenophora… | swimmingidiots | -33.820 / 151.260 | Spotted about 50 comb jellies this morning. |
Other | Ctenophora | ||
| Comb Jellies/Ctenophore… | Jellywatcher | 42.540 / -70.870 | Thousands of these filling the water in the mouth of the |
Other | Ctenophore | ||
| Sea Sponge? | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
33.500 / -79.060 | Don't know what this is exactly. |
Other | Sea sponge | |
| salps along big sur… | Jellywatcher | 36.340 / -121.900 | Hundreds of Salps of various sizes along surfline of open |
Other | |||
| Ctenophore | Chris-Danger | 
|
-39.020 / 146.440 | Large number of Ctenophores sighted at night in Sealers C |
Other | ||
| Tons of Doliolids in… | beroe | 36.780 / -121.960 | Lots of Doliolids some Mitrocoma |
Other | Doliolids | ||
| Cyclosalpa | caseywdunn | 9.410 / -82.180 | Several chains, no solitaries |
Other | |||
| Ctenophore | Chris-Danger | 
|
-39.080 / 146.430 | Not 100% sure of identification, but these were spotted i |
Other | Ctenophore | |
| Siphonophore | kayakandy | 49.140 / -125.960 | Near offshore rocks, fairly strong current area. |
Other | Nanomia? | ||
| Pryosoma atlanticum | leannedfoster | 36.610 / -121.890 | Several small individuals from 4 to 8 inches. |
Other | Pelagic tunicate | ||
| Predatory Ctenophore (… | Darwin-Evolution | 
|
67.930 / 13.090 | This is most definitely a comb jelly, I'm just not s |
Other | Comb Jelly (Beroë Cucumis?) |