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title: "Gele haarkwal"
description: "Cyanea capillata — Andere dieren. The lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is one of the largest known species of jellyfish."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/lion-s-mane-jelly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gele haarkwal

> Cyanea capillata — Andere dieren. The lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is one of the largest known species of jellyfish.

- Scientific name: *Cyanea capillata*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust), `arctic` (Poolgebied)
- iNaturalist observations: 5565
- Wikidata: [Q522939](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q522939)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69838](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69838)

## Names

- en: Lion's Mane Jelly
- de: Gelbe Haarqualle
- es: Medusa melena de león
- fr: Méduse à crinière de lion
- nl: Gele haarkwal
- pt: Água-viva-juba-de-leão
- pl: Bełtwa festonowa

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1417), DK (870), NO (670), SE (494), DE (336), IE (130), IS (103), CA (82), US (67), RU (58), GL (50), SJ (40)

## Summary

The lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is one of the largest known species of jellyfish. Its range is confined to cold, boreal waters of the Arctic, northern Atlantic, and northern Pacific Oceans. It is common in the English Channel, Irish Sea, North Sea, and in western Scandinavian waters south to Kattegat and Øresund. Some may also drift outside of their usual perimeters during periods of increased warming, including into the southwestern part of the Baltic Sea (where it cannot breed due to the low salinity). Similar jellyfish – which may be the same species – are known to inhabit seas near Australia and New…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion%27s_mane_jellyfish

## Photo

![Gele haarkwal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lion-s-mane-jelly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ann-Sophie Qvarnström · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/228419200

## Machine access

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