Animalia > Cnidaria > Scyphozoa > Semaeostomeae > Cyaneidae > Cyanea > Cyanea capillataCyanea capillata (Lion's mane jellyfish; Lion’s mane)Synonyms: Cyanea arctica (heterotypic); Cyanea baltica; Cyanea borealis; Medusa capillata (homotypic) The lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), also known as the giant jellyfish or the hair jelly, is the largest known species of jellyfish. Its range is confined to cold, boreal waters of the Arctic, northern Atlantic, and northern Pacific Oceans. It is common in the English Channel, Irish Sea, North Sea and in western Scandinavian waters south to Kattegat and Øresund. It may also drift in to the south-western part of the Baltic Sea (where it cannot breed due to the low salinity).Similar jellyfish, which may be the same species, are known to inhabit seas near Australia and New Zealand. The largest recorded specimen found, washed up on the shore of Massachusetts Bay in 1870, had a bell with a diameter of 2.3 metres (7 ft 6 in) and tentacles 37.0 m (121.4 ft) long. Lion's mane jellyfish ha |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Ascrib, Isay and Dunvegan |
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6388 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Durness |
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2997 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Firth of Lorn |
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51830 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Flamborough Head |
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15597 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Glannau Ynys Gybi/ Holy Island Coast |
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1147 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Inverpolly |
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29349 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isle of May |
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882 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Isles of Scilly Complex |
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66350 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Loch Creran |
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3030 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Loch Laxford |
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3018 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs |
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5883 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Luce Bay and Sands |
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120487 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lundy |
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7573 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Plymouth Sound and Estuaries |
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15820 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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St Kilda |
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62932 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sullom Voe |
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6668 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sunart |
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25320 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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