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Compass Jelly

Chrysaora hysoscella

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 662, February 489, March 766, April 1,206, May 1,739, June 1,896, July 2,029, August 1,745, September 1,281, October 956, November 522, December 408.
United States13,700
Alaska13,700
United Kingdom639
Netherlands413
England294
Wales246
Ireland196
Noord-Holland140
France124
Zuid-Holland112

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumCnidarians · Cnidaria
ClassTrue Jellies · Scyphozoa
OrderFlag-mouth Jellies · Semaeostomeae
FamilyPelagiid Jellies · Pelagiidae
GenusSea Nettles · Chrysaora

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Compass Jelly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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