The Atlantic sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha), also called the East Coast sea nettle in the United States, is a species of jellyfish that inhabits the Atlantic coast of the United States.

Chrysaora (/ ˈ k r aɪ s eɪ ˌ ɔːr ə /) is a genus of jellyfish, commonly called the sea nettles, in the family Pelagiidae. [2] The origin of the genus name Chrysaora lies in Greek mythology with Chrysaor , brother of Pegasus and son of Poseidon and Medusa .

2020年1月21日 · Sea nettles are a type of jellyfish commonly seen in public aquariums. These sea nettle facts include their diet, habitat, and reproduction.

The sea nettle is a jellyfish found in the genus Chrysaora, and of the family Pelagiidae. There are various species of sea nettle jellyfish throughout the world, but they are all similar in some ways but vary slightly in others.

Pacific sea nettles live near the surface of the water column in shallow bays and harbors in the fall and winter. In spring and summer they often form large swarms in deep ocean waters. The bell, or medusa, of Pacific sea nettles is dish-shaped, with shallow scallops (lobes) around the margin.

Chrysaora fuscescens, the Pacific sea nettle or West Coast sea nettle, is a widespread planktonic scyphozoan cnidarian—or medusa, "jellyfish" or "jelly"—that lives in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, in temperate to cooler waters off of British Columbia and the West Coast of the United States, ranging south to México.

Meet the sea nettle Not all jellies sting, but the sea nettle does. It hunts tiny drifting animals by trailing those long tentacles and frilly mouth-arms, all covered with stinging cells.

2024年3月3日 · With its translucent bell and long, flowing tentacles, it presents a ghostly yet mesmerizing appearance as it drifts through the ocean currents. These jellyfish are not just simple drifters; they play a significant role in the marine ecosystem, contributing to the balance of marine life in their habitat.

Now, a new paper published in the journal PeerJ reveals that the sea nettle jellyfish in the Chesapeake Bay are actually a different, distantly related species from sea nettles found in the open ocean. For the last 175 years, scientists have assumed these two common jellyfish were a …

2015年1月17日 · Sea nettles are a species of jellyfish that are quite commonly seen in the Chesapeake Bay and along the east coast of the United States. Check out some interesting and fun facts about sea nettles below! Sea nettles are carnivorous.