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Barrel Jelly

Rhizostoma pulmo

487Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan13
Feb16
Mar19
Apr37
May58
Jun71
Jul75
Aug48
Sep112
Oct23
Nov4
Dec11

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England13
2Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland11
3Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
4Cornwall England9
5Highland Scotland8
6Dorset England6
7Cumbria England6
8Ceredigion Wales6
9Ards and North Down Northern Ireland6
10Gwynedd Wales5
11Pembrokeshire Wales5
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland4
13Isle of Wight England3
14Conwy Wales3
15Torbay England3
174 England79 Scotland69 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
487
Peak month
September
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Rhizostoma pulmo
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Scyphozoa
Order
Rhizostomeae
Family
Rhizostomatidae
Genus
Rhizostoma
Name with authority
Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778)
Described
1778
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2470250 · GBIF 5185453