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The Spot the Jellyfish campaign aims to increase awareness, especially amongst the younger generations, about the local diversity of jellyfish species, through a hands-on exercise involving the reporting of sightings of jellyfish that often swarm close to our shores and beaches. In so doing the initiative would be supplying useful data for local marine scientists and tourist authorities, through a citizen science approach... and aid to avoid those stinging jellies!

Jellyfish in season.....the Mediterranean box jellyfish.....Carybdea marsupialis.....This transparent, four-tentacle jel...
03/08/2026

Jellyfish in season.....the Mediterranean box jellyfish.....Carybdea marsupialis.....

This transparent, four-tentacle jellyfish, which is nowhere as venomous as its dreaded Australian cousin – the Australian box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) – prefers bays with a heavy boat presence and is common in places like Marsaxlokk, Pretty Bay, Qawra and Xemxija (i.e. it is limited to the eastern coastline of the islands)......its sting is best treated through the application of vinegar....this family of jellyfish (Cubozoa) have the best ‘eyesight’ of all, being able to form an image through a proper ‘eye, enabling the species to hunt generally at night......great photo by Danile de Castro, curator at the Malta National Aquarium, a dear friend whom I thank wholeheartedly....

Spot the Jellyfish citizen science campaign.....campaigns.ocean.mt

Harmless comb jelly (ctenophore) bloom in our seas at the moment.....no need to panic, as these bioluminescent species a...
20/07/2026

Harmless comb jelly (ctenophore) bloom in our seas at the moment.....no need to panic, as these bioluminescent species are non-stinging, unlike regular jellyfish, by virtue of their sticky and NOT stinging tentacles......Spot the Jellyfish citizen science campaign.....

One of the smallest jellies from Maltese waters......the root-arm jellyfish...Cladonema radiatium.....Courtesy of diver ...
07/07/2026

One of the smallest jellies from Maltese waters......the root-arm jellyfish...Cladonema radiatium.....

Courtesy of diver Kirsty-Jo Muddiman, whom I thank!

Spot the Jellyfish citizen science campaign....campaigns.ocean.mt



And we are back with a bang!The Spot the Jellyfish citizen science campaign seaside panels are up once again this year, ...
18/06/2026

And we are back with a bang!

The Spot the Jellyfish citizen science campaign seaside panels are up once again this year, at a beach near you! Heartfelt thanks to the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) for yet again supporting our campaign this year!

The attached photo shows the evolution of Spot the Jellyfish seaside panels over the years, since we first started in June 2010!!

Read more about the Spot the Jellyfish campaign through the following link:

Campaigns.ocean.mt

28/05/2026

Maltese coastal waters are currently experiencing a comb jelly (also known as ctenophore) bloom at the moment, courtesy of the calm weather and the prolonged low sea temperatures....normally, such a bloom is experienced some weeks earlier in the year.........these gelatinous creatures are not your typical jellyfish as they do not sting due to their sticky (and non-stinging) tentacles....the bioluminescence is also evident along their sides.....great video clip courtesy of diver Sabine Rosel, whom I thank.....Spot the Jellyfish citizen science campaign....

Yet another graceful gelatinous creature within Maltese waters....This is Geryonia proboscidalis, brilliantly photograph...
03/05/2026

Yet another graceful gelatinous creature within Maltese waters....

This is Geryonia proboscidalis, brilliantly photographed by Prof. Mark Anthony Falzon earlier this week at Golden Bay.....the species is a stinging one but it only appears in late spring and early summer, always appearing as individuals and never in blooms......Spot the Jellyfish citizen science campaign.....campaigns.ocean.mt

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