Lion\'s Mane Jellyfish
Cyanea capillata

1/60 sec at f22, ASA 64, Kodak Kodachrome 64, Nikonos II w 35 mm and Nikon close up kit, Master and slave flashes

\"Lion\'s Mane Jellyfish.\" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.The lion\'s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is the largest known species of jellyfish. Its range is confined to cold, boreal waters of the Arctic, northern Atlantic, and northern Pacific Oceans, seldom found farther south than 42°N latitude. Similar jellyfish, which may be the same species, are known to inhabit seas near Australia and New Zealand. The largest recorded specimen found, washed up on the shore of Massachusetts Bay in 1870, had a bell (body) with a diameter of 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m) and tentacles 120 feet (37 m) long.

Jeffrey\'s Ledge, Gulf of Maine

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