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Chrysaora achlyos

Chrysaora achlyos

black jelly·Martin, Gershwin, Burnett, Cargo & Bloom, 1997

GBIF:155436061

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

Characteristics

Extant

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(3)

Eastern North Pacific
California
Greek part of the Aegean Sea(GR)
introduced

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

engblack jellyeng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

engblack jelly
eng
Source: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

CLASSIFICATION

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IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 9 proteins)

NCBI:txid2039479

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(2)

  • 1

    F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

    basis of record
  • 2

    Martin, J. W.; Gershwin, L. A.; Burnett, J. W.; Cargo, D. G.; Bloom, D. A. (1997). Chrysaora achlyos, a remarkable new species of scyphozoan from the Eastern Pacific. <em>The Biological Bulletin.</em> 193(1), 8-13.

    original description
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155436061
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    5185418
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287202
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026