#4961 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Barrel Jelly
🇳🇱 Mediterrane Zeepaddenstoel ·Rhizostoma pulmo
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © xavi salvador costa · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © cambrilsclubnatacio · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Roberto Ghiglia · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Peter 81 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © katunchik · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Elena Fraile Valdés · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Rhizostoma pulmo , commonly known as the barrel jellyfish , the dustbin-lid jellyfish or the frilly-mouthed jellyfish , is a scyphomedusa in the family Rhizostomatidae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic, and in the Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It is also known from the southern Atlantic off the western South African coast and into False Bay.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,048 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Saverio Macrì in 1778 (248 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Barrel Jelly
- Nederlands
- Mediterrane Zeepaddenstoel
- scientific name
- Rhizostoma pulmo
- class
- Scyphozoa
- order
- Rhizostomeae
- family
- Rhizostomatidae
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 3,335
- sightings worldwide
- 4,048
- GBIF records in NL
- 44,340
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1778 by Saverio Macrì
relatives· Rhizostomatidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 319371, Wikidata Q2470250, GBIF 5185453, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.