Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis). Also known as the Blue Bottle, Blue Bubble and Portuguese Man-of-War. Venomous, capable of producing a very painful and powerful sting. Found throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis). Also known as the Blue Bottle, Blue Bubble and Portuguese Man-of-War. Venomous, capable of producing a very painful and powerful sting. Found throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis). Also known as the Blue Bottle, Blue Bubble and Portuguese Man-of-War. Venomous, capable of producing a very painful and powerful sting. Found throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Portuguese Man o' war (Physalia physalis). Also known as the Blue Bottle, Blue Bubble and Portuguese Man-of-War. Venomous, capable of producing a very painful and powerful sting. Found throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Portuguese Man o' war (Physalia physalis). Also known as the Blue Bottle, Blue Bubble and Portuguese Man-of-War. Venomous, capable of producing a very painful and powerful sting. Found throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blubber Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus). Also known as Jelly Blubber. Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with juvenile pelagic Fish sheltering around tentacles. Also known as Hair Jelly and Snotty. Stings cause minor skin burn. Eastern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Jellyfish (soon to be described) with juvenile pelagic Fish sheltering around tentacles. Southern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Jimble Box Jellyfish or Southern Sea Wasp (Carybdea rastoni). Southern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis). Also known as the Blue Bottle, Blue Bubble and Portuguese Man-of-War. Venomous, capable of producing a very painful and powerful sting. Found throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) in feeding mode. Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) in hunting mode. Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Close detail of extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) tentacles. Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Jellyfish (Phyllorhiza peronlesueuri) amongst stromatolites (unique humps of single celled Blue-green Algae). Hamelin Pool, Western Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blubber Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus) with captured Shrimp in stinging tentacles. Also known as Jelly Blubber. Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). Southern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Blubber Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus) with captured Shrimp in stinging tentacles. Also known as Jelly Blubber. Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Comb Jellyfish (Leucothea sp.). Southern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Juvenile Fish with Jellyfish (Chrysaora southcotti). Southern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) in hunting mode. Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Jimble Box Jellyfish (Carybdea rastoni). Also known as Sea Wasp. Southern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Extremely venomous Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). Also known as Sea Wasp. Northern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.). North Queensland Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Jellyfish (Pseudorhiza haeckeli). Southern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella). Coffs Harbour, New South Wales Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Venus Girdle Comb Jelly (Cestum veneris). Also known as Cestid Comb Jelly. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Tasmania, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopeia andromeda). Unlike other jellyfish that hunt for food, this jellyfish depends on unicellular algae, zooxanthellae, for nutrition. The jellyfish sits upside down so the algae absorbs sunlight. Great Barrier Reef, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Warehou (Seriolella brama) - juvenile sheltering amongst the tentacles of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). Tasmania, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Warehou (Seriolella brama) - juvenile sheltering amongst the tentacles of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). Tasmania, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Box Jellyfish safety swimming net. Swimmers swim in safety within the net enclosure, free of Box Jellyfish which are unable to penetrate the net. Port Douglas, North Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
First Aid and dangerous Jellyfish warning sign erected on tropical beach. Port Douglas, North Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Dangerous Jellyfish warning sign erected on tropical beach. Port Douglas, North Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis). Also known as the Blue Bottle, Blue Bubble, Man o'War and Portuguese Man-of-War. Venomous - capable of producing a very painful, powerful sting. Eastern Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis). Also known as the Blue Bottle, Blue Bubble and Portuguese Man-of-War. Venomous, capable of producing a very painful and powerful sting. Found throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Jellyfish (Chrysaora sp.) and juvenile Fish (possibly: Seriolella brama), sheltering near the jellyfish for protection from open water predators. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Jellyfish (Chrysaora sp.) and juvenile Fish (possibly: Seriolella brama), sheltering near the jellyfish for protection from open water predators. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Jimble Box Jellyfish (Carybdea rastoni). Also known as Sea Wasp. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Tasmania, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Upside Down Jellyfish (Cassiopea sp.). Unlike other jellyfish that hunt for food, this jellyfish depends on unicellular algae, zooxanthellae, for nutrition. The jellyfish sits upside down so the algae absorbs sunlight. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Jellyfish (Chrysaora sp.). Found in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, to Gulf St Vincent, SA. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Irukandji Jellyfish (possibly: Alatina mordens). This is a dangerous jellyfish, with a bell length around 10cm long. It has been sighted on the outer Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. Milne bay, Papua New Guinea. Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Irukandji Jellyfish (possibly: Alatina mordens). This is a dangerous jellyfish, with a bell length around 10cm long. It has been sighted on the outer Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. Milne bay, Papua New Guinea. Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Jellyfish (possibly: Pelagia noctiluca). This jellyfish is found on the Great Barrier Reef and Queensland coast, also Papua New Guinea. Photo was taken at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Within the Coral Triangle. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopeia andromeda). Unlike other jellyfish that hunt for food, this jellyfish depends on unicellular algae, zooxanthellae, for nutrition. The jellyfish sits upside down so the algae absorbs sunlight. Great Barrier Reef, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Diver observing a Comb Jelly (Leucothea sp.). Found in southern Australia in Vic to central NSW and around Tas. Photo was taken at Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
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