Thimble jellyfish Thimble jellyfish The thimble jellyfish ("Linuche unguiculata") is a species of cnidarian found in the neotropical Atlantic Ocean. It is a tiny jellyfish with a straight-sided, flat-topped bell. This jellyfish is the most common cause of seabather's eruption, a reaction caused by the injection of juvenile jellyfish nematocysts into human skin. The medusa of the thimble jellyfish has straight sides with sixteen grooves, and a flat top. The coronal groove between the top and sides provides flexibility. The margin of the bell has sixteen lappets (folds), the niches between these bearing alternately rhopalia (sense organs) and short tentacles (eight of
Blue jellyfish Blue jellyfish Cyanea lamarckii, also known as the blue jellyfish or bluefire jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Cyaneidae. Populations in the western Pacific around Japan are sometimes distinguished as "Cyanea nozakii" or "Cyanea capillata nozakii". This species is found in the pelagic zone off the west coast of Scotland, the North Sea and the Irish Sea, sometimes with the more common Lion's Mane Jellyfish, ("Cyanea capillata"). "C. lamarckii" has a blue or yellow tone and grows to approximately 10 to 20 cm across, but specimens can grow to 30 cm. In Scandinavian seas this species rarely