Red Sausage Jellies are a curious bunch and up for debate and further research, hence the broad identification: Euphysa spp.#. A close look at these photos will reveal jellies with longer tentacles, shorter stumpy tentacles and even three tentacles. These are likely all different species but at this point their individual taxonomic categories are to be determined. All of these jellies were found in fairly protected coves in the Gulf Islands (primarily Pender Island). I have seen more in the fall/winter of 2020/2021 than ever before, but perhaps I am just looking more closely. They are small — the largest documented here has a bell diameter of 20 mm max. What’s that “bug” riding atop the jelly? It’s a hitch-hiking amphipod — one that likely just missed being the jelly’s prey.