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title: "Mushroom Jelly"
description: "Rhopilema verrilli — Other animals. Rhopilema verrilli, the mushroom cap jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Rhizostomatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mushroom-jelly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mushroom Jelly

> Rhopilema verrilli — Other animals. Rhopilema verrilli, the mushroom cap jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Rhizostomatidae.

- Scientific name: *Rhopilema verrilli*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 2106
- Wikidata: [Q2148279](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2148279)
- iNaturalist taxon: [349374](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/349374)

## Names

- en: Mushroom Jelly

## Countries with the most observations

US (1728)

## Summary

Rhopilema verrilli, the mushroom cap jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Rhizostomatidae. They are cnidarian invertebrates distinguished by their mushroom-shaped medusae.  The species does not have any tentacles; however, they still have stinging cells, called nematocysts, within their bells, which can produce mild stings to humans.

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

## Photo

![Mushroom Jelly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mushroom-jelly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel Estabrooks · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263567337

## Machine access

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