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Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767)

Compass jellyfish

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Chrysaora hysoscella

Ile de Groix, France, 3 meters, 2006, ML

Chrysaora hysoscella

Glénan Archipelago, France, 1 meter, 2008, WBN

Chrysaora hysoscella

Glénan Archipelago, France, 1 meter, 2008, WBN

Chrysaora hysoscella

Glénan Archipelago, France, 1 meter, 2008, WBN

Classification

Source : World Register of Marine Species
Biota (Superdomain)
Animalia (Kingdom)
Cnidaria (Phylum)
Medusozoa (Subphylum)
Scyphozoa (Class)
Discomedusae (Subclass)
Semaeostomeae (Order)
Pelagiidae (Family)
Chrysaora (Genus)
Chrysaora hysoscella (Species)

Authors

Text : Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat © 2007 - 2025.

Photos : © Maurice Loir, Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with their kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography

Image satellite: © Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community.

Données de distribution : Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-09-13.

Guide des Tuniciers

Classification

Source : World Register of Marine Species


Biota (Superdomain)
Animalia (Kingdom)
Cnidaria (Phylum)
Medusozoa (Subphylum)
Scyphozoa (Class)
Discomedusae (Subclass)
Semaeostomeae (Order)
Pelagiidae (Family)
Chrysaora (Genus)
Chrysaora hysoscella (Species)

Guide des Tuniciers

Authors

Text : Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat © 2007 - 2025.

Photos : © Maurice Loir, Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with their kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography

How to cite this page

Bay-Nouailhat W., March 2007, Description of Chrysaora hysoscella, [On line] https://european-marine-life.org/05/chrysaora-hysoscella.php, consulted on 2025 September 13.

Author

Photographie de Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat

Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat

Plongeur - Naturaliste
Photographe Sous-Marin

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