25 Species in Family Pelagiidae
Nominal species list for Pelagiidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Chrysaora achlyos Martin, Gershwin, Burnett, Cargo & Bloom, 1997
Chrysaora agulhensis Ras, Neethling, Engelbrecht, Morandini, Bayha, Skrypzeck & Gibbons, 2020
Chrysaora blossevillei Lesson, 1830
Chrysaora chinensis Vanhöffen, 1888
Chrysaora colorata (Russell, 1964) Purple jellyfish
Chrysaora fulgida (Reynaud, 1830)
Chrysaora fuscescens Brandt, 1835 Brown jellyfish
Chrysaora helvola Brandt, 1838
Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus,1766) Compass jellyfish
Chrysaora kynthia Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008
Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz,1829
Chrysaora melanaster Brandt, 1838
Chrysaora pacifica (Goette, 1836)
Chrysaora pentastoma Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Chrysaora plocamia (Lesson,1830) South American sea nettle
Chrysaora pseudoocellata Mutlu, Çağatay, Olguner & Yilmaz, 2020
Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Desor, 1848) Sea nettle
Chrysaora wurlerra Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008
Pelagia colorata Russell, 1964 Purple-striped jelly
Pelagia cyanella Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Pelagia flaveola Eschscholtz, 1829
Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775) Purplestriped jelly
Pelagia panopyra Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Sanderia malayensis Goette, 1886
Sanderia pampinosus Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008
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