#5030 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Cannonball Jelly
Stomolophus meleagris
📍 Wilkes St SW, Supply, NC, US
📍 401–419 Porpoise Point Dr, St. Augustine, FL, US
📍 Tybee Island, GA 31328, USA
📍 North Topsail Beach, NC, USA
📍 Walton County, FL, USA
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Roger Birkhead · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © mwalke4 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Richard Stovall · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Kristen Williams · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © David · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. Wilkes St SW, Supply, NC, US:© graycollins · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 401–419 Porpoise Point Dr, St. Augustine, FL, US:© aporcellini · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Tybee Island, GA 31328, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 9. North Topsail Beach, NC, USA:© Ruthann · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Walton County, FL, USA:© Roger Birkhead · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
The cannonball jellyfish ( Stomolophus meleagris ), also known as the cabbagehead jellyfish , is a species of jellyfish in the family Stomolophidae. Its common name derives from its similarity to a cannonball in shape and size. Its dome-shaped bell can reach 25 cm (10 in) in diameter and the rim is sometimes colored with brown pigment. Underneath the body is a cluster of oral arms that extend out around the mouth. These arms function in propulsion and as an aid...
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 8,959 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1860 (166 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Cannonball Jelly
- scientific name
- Stomolophus meleagris
- class
- Scyphozoa
- order
- Rhizostomeae
- family
- Stomolophidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 8,959
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1860
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 126393, Wikidata Q311541, GBIF 2264558, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.