Florida Jellyfish

The by the wind sailor jellyfish resembles a little sailboat.

Florida jellyfish. Although the florida species of box jellyfish does not pack the extreme potency of the infamous australian box jellyfish dubbed the sea wasp the species that washes up on florida s beaches can still be life threatening and has a painful sting. This pretty little jelly reaches about 3 inches long and is found in warm waters worldwide including florida s atlantic coast. This species of box jellyfish are named chiropsalmus quadrumanus that has been previously collected by florida fish and wildlife staff offshore of brevard county florida. Because its locomotion is rather limited this species prefers temperate waters with regular currents that can help push it through the water column.

Moon jellyfish via flickr roland msvg. Cocoa beach florida a venomous and potentially deadly species of jellyfish are in the water and washing up onshore in cocoa beach florida on sunday august 30 2020. Here are just five common jellyfish found on florida beaches. You may come across a few other jellyfish in florida.

Moon jellyfish aurelia aurita are found in nearly all the world s oceans primarily in inshore regions like harbors and estuaries. The most common species in florida are man o war box jellyfish mauve. The box jellyfish can be identified by its box shaped bell. There is a case of three military combat divers in the florida keys who suffered symptoms that resemble those of a person stung by the deadly irukandji jellyfish normally found in pacific waters but it is not known for certain what species stung the divers.