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Blue Jellyfish

Cyanea lamarckii

1,937Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar5
Apr1
May66
Jun439
Jul748
Aug616
Sep53
Oct2
Nov4
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland77
2Gwynedd Wales31
3Cornwall England26
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland18
5Pembrokeshire Wales16
6Devon England13
7East Lothian Scotland10
8Scottish Borders Scotland10
9Fife Scotland9
10Argyll and Bute Scotland8
11Isle of Anglesey Wales6
12Aberdeenshire Scotland5
13Orkney Islands Scotland5
14Isles of Scilly England5
15North Ayrshire Scotland5
348 England390 Scotland109 Wales55 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,937
Peak month
July
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Cyanea lamarckii
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
813
Most recorded in
Highland
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Scyphozoa
Order
Semaeostomeae
Family
Cyaneidae
Genus
Cyanea
Name with authority
Cyanea lamarckii Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Described
1810
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q774838 · GBIF 5720764