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Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Scientific name: Chrysaora fuscescens

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Cnidaria → Class Scyphozoa → Subclass Discomedusae → Order Semaeostomeae → Family Pelagiidae → Genus Chrysaora

Common name: Brown Jellyfish
...also Sea Nettle
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesJellies

These are large - up to a foot across. They sometimes appear in large numbers, particularly when it's been warm.

Also see video here.

Other images:
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Small juvenile, an inch long
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Brown coating rubbed off of bell, showing internal structure
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
Chrysaora fuscescens (Brown Jellyfish)
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