Barrel Jellyfish

There were quite a number of these off the Italian coast of Apulia on a day when we went boating off the coast of Gargano NP. Too many to actually get in the water with them - so this was taken from the bow.

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Ruth Spigelman

Lion

An image of elegant simplicity and beauty.....and such lovely colour to the water in that location! I've only ever seen a large grouping of jellies once, in Sydney Harbour a few years ago, quite by chance as I happened to look down from a pier. And it was wonderful! Such intriguing life forms. Posted 4 years ago
1. Barry
  
  Lion
  
  Indeed, the Monterrey Aquarium had an exhibit on Jellyfish and it was extremely popular - and has been since copied by many other aquariums. I recently read that these exhibits consistently poll as the visitor's favorite. I saw one in the Aquarium of the Pacific and it was magical; I understand why they are so popular. Posted 4 years ago

The Barrel jellyfish

''Rhizostoma pulmo'', commonly known as the barrel jellyfish, the dustbin-lid jellyfish or the frilly-mouthed jellyfish, is a scyphomedusa in the family Rhizostomatidae. It is common in the Irish Sea.

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Similar species: Root-mouth Jellies

Species identified by Barry