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Atlantic Sea Nettle

Chrysaora quinquecirrha

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 7, February 8, March 8, April 12, May 12, June 15, July 6, August 7, September 7, October 8, November 5, December 6.
United States286
North Carolina91
Maryland30
Virginia29
Texas26
Massachusetts22
Alabama11
New Jersey11
Louisiana10
Canada9

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

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