Species profile
Egg-yolk Jelly
Phacellophora camtschatica
At a glance
Egg-yolk Jelly (Phacellophora camtschatica) is a cnidarian present across the CatchRules coverage area but without species-specific bag, size, or season rules tracked in our regulatory dataset.
Confirmed by 4,696 research-grade iNaturalist observations, with Washington, British Columbia, and California the top jurisdictions by observation count.
Notable details
- Bell can reach 60 cm (2 feet) across, with tentacles extending up to 6 meters.
- Specializes in hunting other jellyfish, using long tentacles to ensnare them.
- Parasitic amphipods often hitchhike on its tentacles and steal captured prey.
- Produces a very weak sting that is generally harmless to humans.
- Found in cold, deep Pacific and Atlantic waters, sometimes drifting into coastal bays.
Where Egg-yolk Jelly are seen
Background
Phacellophora camtschatica, known as the fried egg jellyfish or the egg-yolk jellyfish, is a very large jellyfish, with a bell up to 60 cm (2 ft) in diameter and 16 clusters of up to a few dozen tentacles, each up to 6 m (20 ft) long. It has traditionally been included in the family Ulmaridae, but is now considered the only member of the family Phacellophoridae.
Background excerpt adapted from Wikipedia's Egg-yolk Jelly article (CC BY-SA). Visit Wikipedia for the full entry.
Other jellyfish/anemones/corals on CatchRules
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