"The Adventure of the Lion's Mane", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlo
1926 illustration by Frederic Dorr Steele in Liberty
Holmes and Stackhurst find the dying McPherson – 1926 The Strand Magazine illustration by Howard Elcock
A Lion's Mane jellyfish capturing a sea gooseberry.
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The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
…Holmes leads Stackhurst and Bardle back to the bathing pool. After some intense searching, he finds what he was looking for; a Cyanea capillata, or lion's-mane jellyfish, which has been washed into the pool by the recent gales. The three men promptly crush it beneath a boulder, killing it. Murdoch, once recovered…
Lion's mane jellyfish in Gullmarn fjord at Sämstad 7
Lion's mane jellyfish ephyrae form between two medusas.
Lion's mane jellyfish capturing three moon jellyfishes
Lion's mane jellyfish with full threads visible