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| Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crab | Val | 
|
36.720 / -121.810 | Purple |
Other | Shark | |
| Thetys vagina | Jellywatcher | 
|
38.320 / -123.070 | Four Thetys vagina washed ashore on Bodega Head, Californ |
Other | Salp | |
| Beadle Anemone | Jellywatcher | 
|
36.000 / -122.000 | Other | |||
| Bioluminescent Jellyfish… | Meryl89 | 38.410 / -75.180 | Has 8 ridges that light up blue and green! |
Other | |||
| Agalma okeni | Jellywatcher | 7.330 / -81.790 | Found this and a few other siphonophore species on isla C |
Other | Siphonophore | ||
| Bioluminescence | Jellywatcher | 30.380 / -87.070 | There are incredible amounts of bioluminescent plankton ( |
Other | Bioluminescence | ||
| unknown pink and orange… | Android | 
|
37.650 / -122.510 | Other | |||
| Sea nettle in the Outer… | Jellywatcher | 35.960 / -75.620 | Only saw one, and got stung by it twice. Ouch. |
Other | Sea Nettle | ||
| Seacliff State Beach… | drthom | 
|
36.970 / -121.910 | Rare sighting: two starfish on the sand at -1 ft low tide |
Other | Starfish | |
| Bioluminescence in the… | Jellywatcher | 21.230 / -157.870 | While paddling up the Ala Wai Canal with WBBCC Thursday e |
Other | bioluminescense | ||
| Beached Moon Jellies | Jellywatcher | 
|
48.140 / -123.430 | I counted approximately 10 along the high tide line. |
Other | Moon Jelly | |
| Photoluminescence -… | Jellywatcher | 36.650 / 29.120 | On a boat off the coast of Turkey near town of Fetbiye we |
Other | Phosphoresence | ||
| Do these sting? | mobile_jellywatcher | 
|
38.390 / 20.720 | Other | Ctenophore | ||
| bio-luminecense in San… | Jellywatcher | 33.400 / -117.610 | Bluish green lights in breaking waves. |
Other | |||
| Salps | chica66 | 
|
36.600 / -121.890 | I am not sure which salp this is - would appreciate it if |
Other | salp | |
| Few jellies at beach… | Nomeus | 
|
52.040 / 1.460 | Tide unusually high today. |
Other | jellyfish, cteno, hydrozoan | |
| sea gooseberries at… | jrzepka | 42.900 / -70.810 | I saw 2 ctenophoes on the beach (on the wet sand as the t |
Other | Ctenophore | ||
| Jelly? | Jellywatcher | 35.370 / -120.850 | Seen on Morro Strand near tide pools, clear, seemed tirn< |
Other | Unsure | ||
| Salps in La Jolla | Jellyjules | 32.870 / -117.260 | Salps: individuals and chains found at the surface to 15 |
Other | Salps | ||
| Jelly? | Jellywatcher | 
|
35.390 / -120.870 | Seen on Morro Strand near tide pools, clear, seemed tirn< |
Other | Unsure | |
| Canal in Bayshore | Jellywatcher | 40.700 / -73.240 | I just spotted today April 13 what looked like a jelly fi |
Other | not sure whay type | ||
| Santa Barbara first half… | Miramar ragamuffin | 34.420 / -119.610 | hydromedusa -- either Polyorchis or Scrippsia or both. |
Other | hydromedusa | ||
| Porpita porpita in Outer… | chloew | 35.560 / -75.460 | 15-20 mph winds from E/NE caused the rough waves to bring |
Other | Porpita porpita | ||
| Unknown Jelly in San… | Jellywatcher | 
|
32.800 / -117.240 | Anyone have any ideas about this? |
Other | Unknown | |
| Dolphin seen in gulf | mobile_jellywatcher | 27.820 / -82.820 | Dolphin was seen in side the buoy line by its self by re |
Other | Dolphin |