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Family: Pelagiidae



(See list of species below)

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25 species (see list below)
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Chrysaora achlyos
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Chrysaora agulhensis
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Chrysaora blossevillei
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Markus Rummel@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

Indo-West Pacific

Chrysaora chinensisVanhöffen, 1888

Photo by Markus Rummel@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project
 
Chrysaora chinensis
[]
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Max. Length 80 cm WD
 
Chrysaora colorata
[Purple jellyfish]
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Max. Length 20 cm WD
 
Chrysaora fulgida
[]
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Max. Length 30 cm WD
 
Chrysaora fuscescens
[Brown jellyfish]
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Max. Length 30 cm WD
 
Chrysaora helvola
[]

Giourgis, Hector

Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Max. Length 20 cm WD
Chrysaora hysoscella(Linnaeus,1766)

Photo by Giourgis, Hector
 
Chrysaora hysoscella
[Compass jellyfish]
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Max. Length 11 cm WD
 
Chrysaora kynthia
[]
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Max. Length 8 cm WD
 
Chrysaora lactea
[]
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Max. Length 60 cm WD
 
Chrysaora melanaster
[]
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Chrysaora pacifica
[]
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Max. Length 6.6 cm WD
 
Chrysaora pentastoma
[]
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Max. Length 100 cm WD
 
Chrysaora plocamia
[South American sea nettle]
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Chrysaora pseudoocellata
[]
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Max. Length 25 cm WD
 
Chrysaora quinquecirrha
[Sea nettle]
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Max. Length 12.5 cm WD
 
Chrysaora wurlerra
[]
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Pelagia colorata
[Purple-striped jelly]
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Pelagia cyanella
[]
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Pelagia flaveola
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Pillon, Roberto

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Max. Length 9 cm WD
Pelagia noctiluca(Forsskål, 1775)

Photo by Pillon, Roberto
 
Pelagia noctiluca
[Purplestriped jelly]
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Pelagia panopyra
[]
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Max. Length 9 cm WD
 
Sanderia malayensis
[]
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Max. Length 7.5 cm WD
 
Sanderia pampinosus
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