Help to identify a jelly...Please

[Katie K]

I spotted a jellyfish at Madrona point I haven’t seen before… It was apx 2 inches wide. Hade a small black dot on the top center and 4 orange fuzzy lines coming off of it inside the shell, but the lines never left the shell of the jelly , the orange was very bright. The tentacles were mostly clear and like a moon jelly’s but some were thicker and white and hade spade shaped bumps an them.. .
I so didn’t touch it… LOL

If you know what it is please let me know.. I like to identify everything I see, kind of an annoying habit of mine..

 

[DaleC]

Katie, if you like identifying local marine life you should consider getting this book. So far, the best all around resource I have found:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/book-media-reviews/310913-marine-life-pacific-northwest.html

From your description it sounds like a clinging jelly Gonionemus murbachi found on page 107 of that text.

 

[Katie K]

Im so no to get that book. a friend of mine has it... ..... ....... Thanks.. Is there a jelly like this in it???

 

[Katie K]

That jelly isnt the one i seen... I was hopping... maby its a type of clinging jelly. Ill keep looking it up..

 

[nadwidny]

That jelly isnt the one i seen... I was hopping... maby its a type of clinging jelly. Ill keep looking it up..

Try emailing Andy directly andy@cedar-beach.com . He loves a good mystery.

Also if you're interested in learning more about critters than what you can find in the books, Andy runs animal ID workshops at his place on Thetis. Check out his website for more information.
Cedar Beach - Your home for Scuba diving adventures in British Columbia Canada

 

[Katie K]

Thanks Guys, I did e-mail Andy and he helped me out... Thanks for the support..

Katie K

 

[nadwidny]

Thanks Guys, I did e-mail Andy and he helped me out... Thanks for the support..

Katie K

Was he able to figure out what it was?

 

[cram]

Speaking of weird jellies, there were a ton of moon jellies at Kelvin Grove this morning and I saw one that had six rings instead of four. Anybody heard of this before - is it a common variant or was this some bizarre mutant?

 

[tregrrr]

left over mutagenics from the unprocessed sewage this last couple weeks??