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Photo: Brian Sellars
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Latin name: Chrysaora hyoscella
Size: Up to 300mms in diameter
Distribution: Found around most parts of the UK coast
Months seen: July to October
Food: Small fish, crustaceans and other jellyfish
Habitat: Usually found out at sea, but they are sometimes washed up on beaches during the summer
months, especially on the south coast of England.
Special features: Tinged orange-brown with dark-shaped stripes which
divide the bell into 32 lobes around the edge. It has four long, frilly mouth
arms which extend below its 24 tentacles.
UK Safari Marine Wildlife Section
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