Umbrella flat smooth and thick, 15-40cm in diametar, the color is variable, but is characterized bu 16 v-shaped gold-brown or yellow-brown marks on the upper umbrella, radiating from the central region, there are 24 marginal tentacles, which are easly broken off, and thirty-two pigmented semi-circular marginal lappets.
Species Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) was recorded first time in waters of Boka Kotorska Bay (southern Adriatic) on July 2006 at Bay of Kotor. Only a single specimen was collected in the immediate vicinty of the shore, with umbrella diametar of 18.5cm.
Longitude (deg): -4.0. Latitude (deg): 52.5. Longitude (deg/min): 4° 0' W. Latitude (deg/min): 52° 30' N. Vice county name: Cardigan. Vice county no.: 46. Country: Wales. Stage: Dead animal. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "dead, washed up on sand near high water mark". Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS400D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens.
Longitude (deg): -4.0. Latitude (deg): 52.5. Longitude (deg/min): 4° 0' W. Latitude (deg/min): 52° 30' N. Vice county name: Cardigan. Vice county no.: 46. Country: Wales. Stage: Dead animal. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: "dead, washed up on sand near high water mark". Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS400D dSLR with Tamron SP AF Di 90mm Macro 1:1 lens.