Barrel jellyfish

Rhizostoma pulmo

''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.
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. Apulia,Barrel jellyfish,Gargano NP,Geotagged,Italy,Rhizostoma pulmo,Summer

Appearance

It typically is up to 40 cm in diameter, but can exceptionally reach 90 cm, making it the largest jellyfish in British waters. It is a favourite food of the leatherback turtle.
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Distribution

It is found in the northeast Atlantic, and in the Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It is also known from the southern Atlantic off the western South African coast and into False Bay.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionCnidaria
ClassScyphozoa
OrderRhizostomeae
FamilyRhizostomatidae
GenusRhizostoma
SpeciesR. pulmo
Photographed in
Bulgaria
United Kingdom
Italy