Cranea ferruginea, also known as the Pacific Lion Mane Jellyfish, is a species of
jellyfish
Jellyfish, also known as sea jellies or simply jellies, are the #Life cycle, medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, which is a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animal ...
commonly found south of the
polar region
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and the
Bering Sea
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.
It is smaller than the similar species
Cyanea capillata
The lion's mane jellyfish (''Cyanea capillata'') is one of the Largest organisms#Cnidarians (Cnidaria), largest known species of jellyfish. Its range is confined to cold, boreal ecosystem, boreal waters of the Arctic Ocean, Arctic, northern Atla ...
(Lion's mane jellyfish), one of the
largest animals
The largest animal currently alive is the blue whale. The maximum recorded weight was 190 tonnes (209 US tons) for a specimen measuring , whereas longer ones, up to , have been recorded but not weighed.Wood, Gerald ''The Guinness Book of Animal F ...
in the ocean. Its bell is red and has a diameter of about 1 meters with tentacles extending up to 8 meters.
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