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* '''Family:''' [[Pelagiidae ]] | * '''Family:''' [[Pelagiidae ]] | ||
* '''Genus:''' [[Chrysaora ]] | * '''Genus:''' [[Chrysaora ]] | ||
* '''Species:''' | * '''Species: C. fuscescens''' | ||
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'''''Chrysaora fuscescens''''' | '''''Chrysaora fuscescens''''' | ||
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The '''Sea Nettle''' is a speices of jellyfish occurring particularly in Atlantic ocean. The term "sea nettle" is also used for a related species, Chrysaora fuscescens. Which is on the west coast of North America from California to Alaska where usally it spends most of it times, that it live and reproduces. The Atlantic sea nettle is a bell-shaped invertebrate, usually semi-transparent and with small, white dots and reddish-brown stripes, The sting of the Sea Nettle is a sting related to the moderate" to "severe" and can be pernicious to smaller prey. It cannot make a death to a human but it could inflict sting that could paralize a small body part. The sea nettle is symmetrical, and carnivorous. Its mouth is located at the center of one end of the body, which opens to a gastrovascular cavity that is used for digestion. It has tentacles that surround the mouth to capture food. Nettles have no excretory or respiratory organs. Each sea nettle is free-swimming and can reproduce both sexually and asexually[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysaora_quinquecirrha] | |||
== Anatomy == | == Anatomy == | ||
[[Image:192160849 dd0c1278fe.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Sea Nettle]] | [[Image:192160849 dd0c1278fe.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Sea Nettle]] | ||
