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    Pacific sea nettle

    Chrysaora fuscescens

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    NENot EvaluatedAlso known as: sea nettle

    Natural History

    Habitat

    cool open coastal marine water of the California Current

    Classroom Facts

    • Its scientific name is Chrysaora fuscescens, and biologists group it in the Pelagiidae family (order Semaeostomeae).
    • Where it lives: cool open coastal marine water of the California Current.