Cyanea ferruginea, also known as the Pacific lion mane jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish commonly found south of the polar region and the Bering Sea.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pacific Lion's Mane Jelly being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cyanea capillata
- Cyanea fulva
- Cyanea annaskala
- Chrysaora fulgida
- Cyanea versicolor
- Phacellophora camtschatica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Scyphozoa
- Order
- Semaeostomeae
- Family
- Cyaneidae
- Genus
- Cyanea
- Species
- Cyanea ferruginea
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