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title: "Jelly Blubber"
description: "Catostylus tagi — Outros animais. Catostylus tagi is a species of jellyfish from warmer parts of the East Atlantic Ocean and since the 2000s also found in the Mediterranean Sea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/jelly-blubber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jelly Blubber

> Catostylus tagi — Outros animais. Catostylus tagi is a species of jellyfish from warmer parts of the East Atlantic Ocean and since the 2000s also found in the Mediterranean Sea.

- Scientific name: *Catostylus tagi*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1369
- Wikidata: [Q3377905](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3377905)
- iNaturalist taxon: [363872](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/363872)

## Names

- en: Jelly Blubber

## Countries with the most observations

PT (1236), ES (62), SN (11), FR (5), AO (3)

## Summary

Catostylus tagi is a species of jellyfish from warmer parts of the East Atlantic Ocean and since the 2000s also found in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the only member of the family Catostylidae that is found in Europe, and it is a common species in the Tagus estuary in Portugal. It has collagen in its bell which is currently being researched to see if it has biomedical uses as an intercellular matrix. The species is named after the Tagus river.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Andrés Asun · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308833501

## Machine access

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