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See text. The stinging sea nettle ( Chrysaora quinquecirrha) is a Species of Jellyfish occurring particularly in Atlantic estuaries Cnidaria (naɪˈdɛəriə is a phylum containing some 9000 Species of Animals found exclusively in aquatic mostly marine, environments Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. They have several different basic morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including the Semaeostomeae (literally "flag mouth" is an order of large Jellyfish characterized by four long frilly Oral arms flanking its quadrate "mouth" Pelagiidae is a family of Jellyfish. There are 15 species in this family |
Chrysaora is a genus of the family Pelagiidae (Jellyfish). A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic In Biological classification, family ( Latin Pelagiidae is a family of Jellyfish. There are 15 species in this family
Species
- C. achlyos
- C. colorata
- C. fuscescens
- C. hysoscella
- C. The black sea nettle ( Chrysaora achlyos) sometimes informally known as the "black jellyfish" due to its dark coloration is a Species of The purple-striped jelly ( Chrysaora colorata, formerly Pelagia colorata) is a species of Jellyfish exists primarily off the coast of Chrysaora fuscescens (sometimes generally referred to as a Sea nettle or Pacific sea nettle) is a common variety of scyphozoan Jellyfish Chrysaora hysoscella, also known as the compass jellyfish is a very common species of Jellyfish that lives in coastal waters near the United Kingdom melanaster
- C. quinquecirrha