Doflein's jellyfish
Amazing fact
Viewed from above, Doflein’s jellyfish has reproductive glands that look like an X at its center.
鶴岡市立加茂水族館
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Viewed from above, Doflein’s jellyfish has reproductive glands that look like an X at its center.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Doflein's jellyfish
- Scientific name
- Nemopsis dofleini
- Japanese name
- ドフラインクラゲ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Anthoathecata
- Family
- Bougainvilliidae
- Genus
- Nemopsis
Where the name “Doflein's jellyfish” comes from
Its name comes from the German biologist Franz Doflein.
公益財団法人 黒潮生物研究所How the Doflein's jellyfish lives
In its polyp form, it lives alone. Small jellyfish bud from the polyp and break free. Along the Shonai coast, it appears in spring in calm places such as harbors.
公益財団法人 黒潮生物研究所鶴岡市立加茂水族館Basic data
- Size
- Bell diameter: up to 2 cm
- Range
- From Hokkaido to Kyushu
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ドフラインクラゲ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ドフラインクラゲChecked: 2026-11-04
- 公益財団法人 黒潮生物研究所 — ドフラインクラゲChecked: 2026-11-07
- 鶴岡市立加茂水族館 — ドフラインクラゲChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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