Description
The bell is large and heavy with a lobed edge. It has 8 more or less clustered arms. A sticky secretion is used to catch food. The male gonads are bluish, the female are brownish. Not harmful to men.

Size
Can grow up to almost 1 meter in diameter.

Colour
Blue to greyish blue.

Habitat
In the summer months often in shallow waters, in wintertime in deeper parts.

Distribution
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.