The recent storms have pushed Rhopilema hispidum onto the beaches, stranding them. 最近發生多場暴風雨，將黃斑海蜇沖向灘岸擱淺。
This is the second most common large jellyfish in Hong Kong waters and can attain large sizes, almost up to a meter across in some measurements of stranded individuals. First described in the late 1880’s, it has a thick, white-colored umbrella covered in yellow or brown warts. It has eight shorter mouth-arms fused together at the base and lacks the long trailing tentacles of the most common species of jellyfish in Hong Kong waters, Cyanea nozakii. Despite its shorter reach, it can sting painfully. Some species of fish, crabs and brittle stars are known to associate with R. hispidum. It ranges from the Red Sea through the western Indo-Pacific and up to Japan. It is an edible jellyfish and is used in fisheries throughout Southeast Asia to feed the market in jellyfish.
此品種是在香港水域第二常見的水母，可以長到相當龐大，某些擱淺黃斑海蜇的甚至長達一米。黃斑海蜇的發現在1880年代後期首次被記錄下來，白色的厚傘狀體上有黃色或啡色的疣突，八隻黏在底部的口腕較短，亦不像香港最常見的獅鬃水母一樣，生有長觸手。雖然觸手口腕較短，也能造成嚴重的螫傷。現時已知遠至紅海、西印度—太平洋及日本水域中一些品種的魚、蟹及海蛇尾也與黃斑海蜇有關。黃斑海蜇可供食用，在東南亞區域被漁業者廣泛用作供應水母市場。
