Blue jellyfish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Blue jellyfish Cyanea lamarckii

Where the blue jellyfish lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 6,747 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See jellyfish, corals & anemones on the world map

Scientific name	Cyanea lamarckii
Group	Jellyfish, corals & anemones
Found in	11 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Cnidarian
Order	Semaeostomeae
Family	Cyaneidae

Where does the blue jellyfish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the blue jellyfish in 11 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the blue jellyfish?

The blue jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) is a cnidarian in the order Semaeostomeae and the family Cyaneidae, genus Cyanea. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the blue jellyfish

The blue jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii), also known as the bluefire jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Cyaneidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Blue jellyfish (revision 1375113194), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q774838 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).