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title: "Bloemkoolkwal"
description: "Rhizostoma pulmo — Andere dieren. Rhizostoma pulmo, commonly known as the barrel jellyfish, the dustbin-lid jellyfish or the frilly-mouthed jellyfish, is a scyphomedusa in the family Rhizostomatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/barrel-jelly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bloemkoolkwal

> Rhizostoma pulmo — Andere dieren. Rhizostoma pulmo, commonly known as the barrel jellyfish, the dustbin-lid jellyfish or the frilly-mouthed jellyfish, is a scyphomedusa in the family Rhizostomatidae.

- Scientific name: *Rhizostoma pulmo*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 3938
- Wikidata: [Q2470250](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2470250)
- iNaturalist taxon: [319371](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/319371)

## Names

- en: Barrel Jelly
- de: Lungenqualle
- es: Aguamala
- fr: Rhizostome de Méditerranée
- nl: Bloemkoolkwal

## Countries with the most observations

IT (1340), ES (405), FR (328), UA (317), RU (183), GR (179), RO (130), BG (116), TR (114), HR (83), SI (83), AL (57)

## Summary

Rhizostoma pulmo, commonly known as the barrel jellyfish, the dustbin-lid jellyfish or the frilly-mouthed jellyfish, is a scyphomedusa in the family Rhizostomatidae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic, and in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It is also known from the southern Atlantic off the western South African coast and into False Bay. They are found typically in late summer, and early fall in increased populations, known as blooms. This is due to higher temperatures and other environmental factors such as wind.
R. pulmo is common in the Irish Sea, and is typically up to 40 cm (16 in) in diameter…

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

## Photo

![Bloemkoolkwal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/barrel-jelly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Aiken Lau · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/292119839

## Machine access

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