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Title | Date of sighting | reporter | Image | Lat / Lng | Description | Type of organism | Other type |
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siphonophores in Aptos… | Jellywatcher | 36.970 / -121.900 | wind sailor? |
Jellyfish | |||
Saw a few in upper Miles… | Jellywatcher | 38.810 / -76.120 | Scattered Crysaora seen |
Jellyfish | |||
Blue whales! | WhaleTales | 32.750 / -117.290 | 2 blue whales spotted today off San Diego. |
Vertebrate | Whale | ||
Anacapa Island Salp | Jellywatcher | 34.020 / -119.390 | Seen off Anacapa Island |
Jellyfish | |||
Chrysaora colorata | kiwifruity | 48.860 / -125.160 | Purple-red tentacles of Chrysaora colorata encountered wh |
Jellyfish | |||
Medium sized lobate… | kraskoff | 36.610 / -121.890 | Other | Ctenophore | |||
Ctenophores | kiwifruity | 48.860 / -125.160 | Beroid (predatory with a large mouth), lobate, and spheri |
Other | Ctenophores | ||
Comb jellies of all… | kiwifruity | 48.860 / -125.160 | Beroids (predatory ones with big mouths), lobate, and sph |
Other | Ctenophores | ||
First Aurelia of the… | lucas | 49.320 / -122.940 | Did a 56-minute dive at a max. |
Jellyfish | |||
Moon and Cross Jellies… | jenwill0606 | 48.650 / -123.390 | in the Port of Sidney Marina at nighttime |
Jellyfish | |||
Man o War! | Claire Laffan | 33.890 / -78.440 | I found a small, dead Man o War "jellyfish" tan |
Man o war | |||
Unknown collected in… | Bozman | 67.280 / 14.550 | Collected with WP2 from 100m - 10m just off Mørkvedbukta |
Other | |||
small see through non… | jude | 21.520 / -77.780 | as in title. not moons. Bump against your leg. |
Jellyfish | |||
Blue jelly in San Felipe… | openhouse | 31.020 / -114.830 | Hordes of 3-5 inch opaque blue jellies |
Jellyfish | |||
chain of salps | plyles | 34.000 / -119.430 | We are starting to see frequent tiny chains |
Other | |||
Jellies and Ctenophores… | SalishSeaLife | 47.460 / -122.510 | Snorkeling over shallow water (<15') for approxim |
Jellyfish | Ctenophores | ||
another large beaching… | alchemy149 | 43.190 / 6.580 | following several days of high winds and semi-stormy weat |
Velella | Velella | ||
high levels of… | Jellywatcher | 51.800 / -27.700 | Not sure whether red tide is an appropriate term here. |
Red Tide | |||
Blue Jellyfish | Jellywatcher | 51.170 / -4.210 | several blie jellyfish were seen in rockpools around Wool |
Jellyfish | |||
Jellyfish Sightings on… | Bedearing | 32.000 / -80.850 | 5 Cannonball (Stomolopus), 1 Mushroom (Rhopilema), and 2 |
Jellyfish | |||
Aurelia sp. in the… | Jellywatcher | -41.010 / 173.960 | The moon jelly Aurelia sp. |
Jellyfish | |||
dead sea lion | drthom | 36.920 / -121.860 | no visible trauma |
Vertebrate | |||
UFO (Unidentified… | jude | 38.470 / 20.570 | milky white and found near a sea cucumber. |
Other | Unknown | ||
Port Aranasas, TX… | Jellywatcher | 27.820 / -97.050 | Saw small Portuguese man o wars washed up on the beach in |
Man o war | |||
Halimedusa typus in… | jellyhunter | 36.620 / -121.860 | Thousands, if not millions, of Halimedusa were at the sur |
Jellyfish |