bay nettle

Chrysaora chesapeakei

Classification

Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Pelagiidae

Chrysaora chesapeakei is a sea nettle from the family Pelagiidae. It was shown to be a distinct species from Chrysaora quinquecirrha in 2017. Since then, it is also commonly known as the bay nettle.

Distribution

bay nettle — (c) Bill Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2,306Mexico · 10Portugal · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Bill Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionChrysaora chesapeakei, Wikipedia contributors

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