Scyphozoa (class)

Unidentified Jellyfish at Lake Illawarra, NSW

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Identification history

	Scyphozoa (class)	23 Feb 2023	MichaelBedingfield
	Scyphozoa (class)	22 Feb 2023	Aussiegall

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washed up on beach

2 comments

Jennyncmg wrote:

23 Feb 2023

A agree Class Sycphozoa but can't get closer than that. The circle of raised lumps look a bit like the top of the arms of the estuarine white-spotted jelly, Phyllorhiza punctata

Aussiegall wrote:

23 Feb 2023

Thanks Jenny

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Location information

Coordinates 150.874472 -34.545769
Places Lake Illawarra, NSW

Sighting information

3 Abundance
21 Feb 2023 02:18 PM Recorded on
Aussiegall Recorded by
Collections
Marine Invertebrates Anemones, Jellyfish, Comb Jellies & allies (Cnidaria & Ctenophora) Jellyfish, Hydroids (Medusozoa) Aussiegall South Coast NatureMapr

Additional information

Less than 1m Depth of sighting

Species information

Scyphozoa (class) Scientific name
Unidentified Jellyfish Common name
Not Sensitive
Cosmopolitan
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 40.2m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania