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Chrysaora colorata

(Russell, 1964)


Ron Adley The Phacellophora camtschatica identified left and on the right by Jellywatch are known as the fried egg jellyfish or egg-yolk jellyfish, is a very large jellyfish, with a bell up to 60 cm (2 ft) in diameter and sixteen clusters of up to a few dozen tentacles, each up to 6 meters (20 ft) long. In the center, the purple-striped jelly (Chrysaora colorata, formerly Pelagia colorata) is a species of jellyfish that exists primarily off the coast of California in Monterey Bay.

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 13 Aug 2013
Ron Adley The Phacellophora camtschatica identified left and on the right by Jellywatch are known as the fried egg jellyfish or egg-yolk jellyfish, is a very large jellyfish, with a bell up to 60 cm (2 ft) in diameter and sixteen clusters of up to a few dozen tentacles, each up to 6 meters (20 ft) long. In the center, the purple-striped jelly (Chrysaora colorata, formerly Pelagia colorata) is a species of jellyfish that exists primarily off the coast of California in Monterey Bay.

Message posted on Wetpixel Underwater Photography on 13 Aug 2013
Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Cnidaria (Phylum)
    Scyphozoa (Class)
      Discomedusae (Subclass)
        Semaeostomeae (Order)
          Pelagiidae (Family)
            Chrysaora (Genus)
              Chrysaora colorata (Species)
Associated Species