Chrysaora colorata
Purple-striped jelly Chrysaora colorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Scyphozoa Order: Semaeostomeae Family: Pelagiidae Genus: Chrysaora Species: C. 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 Species C colorata
Binomial name
Chrysaora colorata Russell, 1964

The purple-striped jelly (Chrysaora colorata, formerly Pelagia colorata) is a species of jellyfish exists primarily off the coast of California. Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. They have several different basic morphologies that represent several different cnidarian classes including the California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The bell (body) of the jellyfish is up to 70 cm in diameter, typically with a radial pattern of stripes. The tentacles vary with the age of the individual, consisting typically of eight marginal long dark arms, and four central frilly oral arms. ^[1]

References

1. ^ The JelliesZone - Jellyfish & Other Gelatinous Zooplankton: Chrysaora colorata, accessed March 15, 2008

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