Scientific name:
Cyanea capillata
Distinctive features:
Reddish-orange to purplish-brown ruffled oral arms in the center of the bell. (similar sp. Fried egg jellyfish has a white to yellow bell, oral arms and tentacles.)
Size:
max. 9 ft. in diameter
Its transparent bell, usually pink or purple, ends in a scalloped rim. Pale white tentacles extend up to 9 m (30 ft). Also commonly known as Lion’s Mane Jellyfish.