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title: "Fried Egg Jelly"
description: "Cotylorhiza tuberculata — Other animals. Cotylorhiza tuberculata is a species of jellyfish of the phylum Cnidaria, also known as the Mediterranean jellyfish, Mediterranean jelly, or fried egg jellyfish."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/fried-egg-jelly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fried Egg Jelly

> Cotylorhiza tuberculata — Other animals. Cotylorhiza tuberculata is a species of jellyfish of the phylum Cnidaria, also known as the Mediterranean jellyfish, Mediterranean jelly, or fried egg jellyfish.

- Scientific name: *Cotylorhiza tuberculata*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2700
- Wikidata: [Q2004162](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2004162)
- iNaturalist taxon: [324852](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/324852)

## Names

- en: Fried Egg Jelly
- de: Spiegeleiqualle
- es: Medusa huevo frito
- fr: Méduse œuf au plat
- nl: Spiegeleikwal

## Countries with the most observations

GR (721), ES (711), IT (422), HR (205), FR (95), SI (65), MT (41), DZ (9), TR (6), AL (5), MA (4), TN (3)

## Summary

Cotylorhiza tuberculata is a species of jellyfish of the phylum Cnidaria, also known as the Mediterranean jellyfish, Mediterranean jelly, or fried egg jellyfish. It is commonly found in the Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, and Adriatic Sea.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotylorhiza_tuberculata

## Photo

![Fried Egg Jelly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fried-egg-jelly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hubert Sztyler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401376259

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fried-egg-jelly?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).