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Northern Sea Nettle

Chrysaora melanaster

Description:

Washed up on shore of Fox Island in Kenai Fjord, Alaska.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Compass jellyfish
Chrysaora hysoscella Chrysaora hysoscella


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30 Comments (1–25)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Incredible organism. Congratulations.

Congrats JoAnne!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Congratulations on you SOTD JoAnne

Beautiful design!! Hard to believe it was made by nature. Thank you for sharing such an amazing creature.

ira080808
ira080808 10 years ago

amazing!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 years ago

Great find! Congratulations!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Congratulations !

tomato.glasgow
tomato.glasgow 10 years ago

Very nice photo

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Congratulations indeed i don´t notice is spot in Alaska very nice !

great capture JoAnneDavis,congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 10 years ago

Congratulations on you SOTD JoAnne! Your jellyfish is totally amazing :)

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Congratulations

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Sun shinning !!! :)

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

nice spotting and congragulations!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Congratulations JoAnne, can't wait to see more things from Alaska!

MariaDinaMackey
MariaDinaMackey 10 years ago

Lindisimo!

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Congratulation :) Very nice spotting :)

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 10 years ago

wow! Another gorgeous beauty from the sea! Congrats!

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 10 years ago

Geez that's awesome. Gorgeous well deserved SOTD! Congratulations :)

barefeetbilly
barefeetbilly 10 years ago

Wonderful! Lovely design that reminds me of the sun and the Son :)

Maybe worth reading this first! http://www.jellyfishaquarist.com/the-jap...

Wildifreq
Wildifreq 10 years ago

Gah I didn't even realize I'd spelled "Bering" wrong! When I did my research I found all sorts of different common names for it, so that's the one I picked. I'll change it to Northern Sea Nettle.

Congratulations JoAnne. I agree this is Chrysaora melanaster, the Common name in general use is Northern Sea Nettle or occasionally Brown Jellyfish although it is found in the Bering sea also. Note the spelling of Bering - no A.

Wildifreq
Wildifreq 10 years ago

Wow thanks everybody!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 10 years ago

Congratulations,

Wildifreq
Spotted by
Wildifreq

Alaska, USA

Spotted on May 25, 2007
Submitted on Jul 1, 2013

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