Jellyfish of the Crystal Coast of North Carolina

A guide to some of the most frequently encountered species of jellyfish along the Crystal Coast and in the adjacent Bogue Sound and other estuaries, including hydrozoa, scyphozoa, cubozoa, siphonophores, and ctenophores.

All 25

Southern Moon Jelly ¹
Aurelia marginalis

Geryonia proboscidalis ²

Bay Nettle ³
Chrysaora chesapeakei

Atlantic Sea Nettle ⁴
Chrysaora quinquecirrha

Cannonball Jelly ⁵
Stomolophus meleagris

Portuguese Man o' War ⁶
Physalia physalis

Mushroom Jelly ⁷
Rhopilema verrilli

Liriope tetraphylla ⁸

Pink Meanie
Drymonema larsoni

Atlantic Box Jelly ⁹
Tamoya haplonema

Turritopsis nutricula ¹⁰

Sea Wasp ¹¹
Alatina alata

Rhacostoma atlanticum ¹²

Four-handed Box Jelly ⁹
Chiropsalmus quadrumanus

Dwarf Lion's Mane Jelly ¹³
Cyanea versicolor

Diphyes dispar ¹⁴

Bassia bassensis ¹⁵

Hula Skirt Siphonophore ¹⁶
Physophora hydrostatica

Muggiaea atlantica ¹⁷

Australian Spotted Jelly ¹⁸
Phyllorhiza punctata

By-the-wind Sailor ¹⁹
Velella velella

Blue Button ²⁰
Porpita porpita

Sea Walnut ²¹
Mnemiopsis leidyi

Brown Comb Jelly ²²
Beroe ovata

Winged Comb Jellies ²³
Ocyropsis

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Jellyfish of the Crystal Coast of North Carolina

Southern Moon Jelly 1 Aurelia marginalis

Geryonia proboscidalis 2

Bay Nettle 3 Chrysaora chesapeakei

Atlantic Sea Nettle 4 Chrysaora quinquecirrha

Cannonball Jelly 5 Stomolophus meleagris

Portuguese Man o' War 6 Physalia physalis

Mushroom Jelly 7 Rhopilema verrilli

Liriope tetraphylla 8

Pink Meanie Drymonema larsoni

Atlantic Box Jelly 9 Tamoya haplonema

Turritopsis nutricula 10

Sea Wasp 11 Alatina alata

Rhacostoma atlanticum 12

Four-handed Box Jelly 9 Chiropsalmus quadrumanus

Dwarf Lion's Mane Jelly 13 Cyanea versicolor

Diphyes dispar 14

Bassia bassensis 15

Hula Skirt Siphonophore 16 Physophora hydrostatica

Muggiaea atlantica 17

Australian Spotted Jelly 18 Phyllorhiza punctata

By-the-wind Sailor 19 Velella velella

Blue Button 20 Porpita porpita

Sea Walnut 21 Mnemiopsis leidyi

Brown Comb Jelly 22 Beroe ovata

Winged Comb Jellies 23 Ocyropsis