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Chrysaora hysoscella
Identification
Date Taken
September 2007
Location
Praia de Faro (Faro Beach), Algarve, Portugal
Caption
Chrysaora hysoscella (Compass Jellyfish)
- Subject
- Live Animal
- Type
- Photo
- Anatomy
- Coloration/Patterning :: Disruptive Coloration (Spots/Stripes)
Contributors
Valter Jacinto (photographer; copyright holder; identification)
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Class Scyphozoa
- Order Semaeostomeae
- Family Pelagiidae
- Genus Chrysaora
- Species Chrysaora hysoscella
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