New Zealand Seashore

DSC_4880 'Lions mane' jellyfish (Desmonema gaudichaudi) are named for their red-gold colour, and mass of hair-like tentacles. This one is a cold-water circumantarctic species. Pelagic, but occurs in inshore waters. Another lion's mane, found in more temperate NZ waters, can grow 2m in diameter, with tentacles rumoured to reach 60m long! Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island

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DSC_4880 'Lions mane' jellyfish (Desmonema gaudichaudi) are named for their red-gold colour, and mass of hair-like tentacles. This one is a cold-water circumantarctic species. Pelagic, but occurs in inshore waters. Another lion's mane, found in more temperate NZ waters, can grow 2m in diameter, with tentacles rumoured to reach 60m long! Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island

DSC 4880 Lions mane jellyfish Desmonema gaudichaudi Cyanea annaskala pelagic oceanic coastal. Saucershaped umbrella yellowish brown orangish reddish exumbrella nematocyst warts Big Glory Bay Stewart Island