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Bay Nettle

Chrysaora chesapeakei

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maryland.January 41, February 42, March 48, April 77, May 105, June 50, July 90, August 118, September 114, October 76, November 37, December 37.
United States2,861
Maryland910
Virginia688
Texas386
Alabama220
Massachusetts139
Delaware106
Mississippi95
North Carolina86
Louisiana82

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

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