The bell is strongly arched and the top part is very transparent. In the centre of the bell you can see a transparent disc. Fine wrinkled lines run from this disc to the edge. The edge is provided with a dense row of tentacles. Aequora vitrina is in fact a medusa (of Campanulina paracuminata). The nematocysts can cause a weak burn.
Size
The bell has a maximum diameter of ± 250 mm. The tentacles can reach the same length.
Colour
Transparent, the lines are white.
Habitat
Open water.
Distribution
Occurs mainly in the summer months in the Oosterschelde and Grevelingen.
