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Dustbin-lid Jelly

Rhizostoma octopus

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25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 141, February 104, March 163, April 256, May 369, June 403, July 431, August 371, September 272, October 203, November 111, December 87.
United States2,910
Alaska2,910
United Kingdom645
Netherlands472
Wales338
Scotland163
France152
Zeeland152
Noord-Holland138
England126

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumCnidarians · Cnidaria
ClassTrue Jellies · Scyphozoa
OrderRoot-mouth Jellies · Rhizostomeae
FamilyRhizostomatid Jellies · Rhizostomatidae
GenusBarrel Jellies · Rhizostoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Dustbin-lid Jelly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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