Polyorchis karafutoensis
Amazing fact
The Kitakami jellyfish has tentacles spaced evenly around the edge of its bell.
鶴岡市立加茂水族館
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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The Kitakami jellyfish has tentacles spaced evenly around the edge of its bell.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Polyorchis karafutoensis
- Scientific name
- Polyorchis karafutoensis
- Japanese name
- キタカミクラゲ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Anthoathecata
- Family
- Corynidae
- Genus
- Polyorchis
How the Polyorchis karafutoensis lives
It can be seen in Hokkaido in early summer. It drifts through the water with its tentacles extended.
鶴岡市立加茂水族館Basic data
- Range
- Southeastern Hokkaido
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
- キタカミクラゲ
- Русский
- Дальневосточный полиорхис
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 — キタカミクラゲChecked: 2026-11-04
- 鶴岡市立加茂水族館 — キタカミクラゲ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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