Cnidarian · jellyfish

Lion’s mane jellyfish

Cyanea capillata

PacificAtlanticIndianSouthernArctic Found in 3 oceans

Depth

Mostly in the top 20 m, rarely below 85 m

Size

Bell 50 cm to 2 m, tentacles up to about 30 m

Diet

Small fish, larvae, fish eggs, copepods, other jellyfish

Zone

Sunlit zone · 0 – 200 m

Key facts

• It is one of the largest jellyfish in the world. In cold waters, its tentacles can reach about 30 m.
• Several hundred tentacles, up to about 800, hang beneath its bell.
• Tentacles washed up on the beach can still sting for several hours.
• Young Alaska pollock hide among its tentacles to escape predators.

Verified sources

1. Nausicaá : What is the world’s largest jellyfish?
2. Aquarium of the Pacific : Lion’s mane jelly

In the game: Mild danger: stings

In the same zone

WalrusOdobenus rosmarus Leopard sealHydrurga leptonyx Arnoux’s beaked whaleBerardius arnuxii Sperm whalePhyseter macrocephalus OrcaOrcinus orca Cuvier’s beaked whaleZiphius cavirostris