Genera

• Chrysaora
  Chrysaora
  Chrysaora is a genus of the family Pelagiidae . A recent analysis of the genus found there to be 12 valid species. The origin of the genus name Chrysaora lies in Greek mythology with Chrysaor, brother of Pegasus and son of Poseidon and Medusa...
  
  
  • Chrysaora achlyos
    Chrysaora achlyos
    The black sea nettle , sometimes informally known as the "black jellyfish" due to its dark coloration, is a species of jellyfish that can be found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Its range is thought to be from Monterey Bay in the north, down to southern Baja California and Mexico, though there...
    
    Martin, Gershwin, Burnett, Cargo & Bloom 1997
  • Chrysaora africana (Vanhöffen 1902)
  • Chrysaora blossevillei Lesson 1830
  • Chrysaora colorata
    Chrysaora colorata
    The purple-striped jelly is a species of jellyfish that exists primarily off the coast of California in Monterey Bay. The bell of the jellyfish is up to 70 cm in diameter, typically with a radial pattern of stripes...
    
    (Russell 1964)
  • Chrysaora caliparea (Reynaud 1830) [species inquirenda - Morandini & Marques (2010)]
  • Chrysaora depressa (Kishinouye 1902)
  • Chrysaora fulgida (Reynaud 1830)
  • Chrysaora fuscescens
    Chrysaora fuscescens
    Chrysaora fuscescens is a common free-floating scyphozoa that lives in the Pacific Ocean, and is commonly known as the Pacific Sea Nettle or West Coast Sea Nettle....
    
    Brandt 1835
  • Chrysaora helvola Brandt 1838
  • Chrysaora hysoscella
    Chrysaora hysoscella
    Chrysaora hysoscella, also known as the compass jellyfish, is a very common species of jellyfish that lives in coastal waters near the United Kingdom and Turkey. It has a diameter of up to 30 cm. Its 24 tentacles are arranged in eight groups of three. It is usually colored yellowish white, with...
    
    (Linné 1766)
  • Chrysaora kynthia Gershwin & Zeidler 2008 [nomen dubium - Morandini & Marques (2010)]
  • Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz 1829
  • Chrysaora melanaster
    Chrysaora melanaster
    The Japanese sea nettle , also called a northern sea nettle or brown jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is sometimes referred to as a Pacific sea nettle, but this name is also used for Chrysaora fuscescens....
    
    Brandt 1838
  • Chrysaora pacifica (Goette 1886)
  • Chrysaora plocamia (Lesson 1832)
  • Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Desor 1848)
  • Chrysaora southcotti Gershwin & Zeidler 2008
  • Chrysaora wurlerra Gershwin & Zeidler 2008 [nomen dubium - Morandini & Marques (2010)]
• Pelagia
  Pelagia noctiluca
  Pelagia noctiluca is a jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae. In Latin, Pelagia means "of the sea", nocti stands for night and luca means light thus Pelagia noctiluca can be described as a marine organism with the ability to glow in the dark.This species of jellyfish commonly known as the mauve...
  
  
  • Pelagia noctiluca
    Pelagia noctiluca
    Pelagia noctiluca is a jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae. In Latin, Pelagia means "of the sea", nocti stands for night and luca means light thus Pelagia noctiluca can be described as a marine organism with the ability to glow in the dark.This species of jellyfish commonly known as the mauve...
    
    (Forskål 1775)
• Sanderia
  • Sanderia malayensis Goette 1886
  • Sanderia pampinosus Gershwin & Zeidler 2008