Pacific Sea Nettle

Chrysaora fuscescens, the Pacific sea nettle or West Coast sea nettle, is a widespread jellyfish that lives in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, in temperate to cooler waters off of British Columbia and the West Coast of the United States, ranging south to Mexico. The Pacific sea nettle earned its common name in-reference to its defensive, 'nettle'-like sting; much like the stinging nettle plant (Urtica dioica), the sea nettle's defensive sting is often irritating (possibly mildly painful) to humans, though rarely dangerous.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Pacific Sea Nettle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Chrysaora plocamia
• Chrysaora melanaster
• Chrysaora chinensis
• Chrysaora fulgida
• Cyanea barkeri

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Scyphozoa

Order

Semaeostomeae

Family

Pelagiidae

Genus

Chrysaora

Species

Chrysaora fuscescens

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