Summary ⁴

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 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.

My Observations ⁵

Can be very large. Harmless does not sting.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Vitaliy Khustochka, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/phenolog/9509694973/
2. (c) Eddi Bisulli, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eddi Bisulli
3. (c) James Hardcastle, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by James Hardcastle
4. Adapted by bingusb from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizostoma_pulmo
5. (c) bingusb, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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