Species under Chrysaora
n= 16
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Chrysaora achlyos
Martin, Gershwin, Burnett, Cargo & Bloom, 1997
Eastern Pacific
Chrysaora blossevillei
Lesson, 1830
Western Central Atlantic
Chrysaora chinensis
Vanhöffen, 1888
Indo-West Pacific
Chrysaora colorata
(Russell, 1964)
Purple jellyfish Eastern Central Pacific 80
Chrysaora fulgida
(Reynaud, 1830)
Southeast Atlantic 20
Chrysaora fuscescens
Brandt, 1835
Brown jellyfish Eastern Pacific 30
Chrysaora helvola
Brandt, 1838
Indo-West Pacific 30
Chrysaora hysoscella
(Linnaeus,1766)
Compass jellyfish Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean 20
Chrysaora kynthia
Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008
Eastern Indian Ocean 11
Chrysaora lactea
Eschscholtz,1829
Western Atlantic 8
Chrysaora melanaster
Brandt, 1838
Arctic, North Atlantic and North Pacific 60
Chrysaora pacifica
(Goette, 1836)
Northern Pacific
Chrysaora pentastoma
Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Eastern Indian Ocean 6.6
Chrysaora plocamia
(Lesson,1830)
South American sea nettle Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic 100
Chrysaora quinquecirrha
(Desor, 1848)
Sea nettle Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans 25
Chrysaora wurlerra
Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008
Western Pacific 12.5
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