Pacific Sea Nettle [Chrysaora fuscescens]
Description
The Pacific Sea Nettle is a common free-floating scyphozoan that lives in the East Pacific Ocean from Canada to Mexico. It has a distinctive golden-brown bell with a reddish tint. The bell can grow to be larger than one meter in diameter in the wild, though most are less than 50 cm across. The long, spiraling, white oral arms and the 24 undulating maroon tentacles may trail behind as far as 3.6 to 4.6m.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Jellyfish, Sea Anemones, and Relatives
Cnidaria
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|---|---|
| Class |
True Jellyfish
Scyphozoa
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| Order |
True Jellyfish
Semaeostomeae
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| Family |
Northern Sea Nettles
Cyaneidae
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| Genus |
Sea Nettles
Cyanea
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