Chrysaora colorata
Purple-striped jelly (Chrysaora colorata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Scyphozoa
Order:	Semaeostomeae
Family:	Pelagiidae
Genus:	Chrysaora
Species:	C. colorata
Binomial name
Chrysaora colorata Russell, 1964

The purple-striped jelly (Chrysaora colorata, formerly Pelagia colorata) is a species of jellyfish exists primarily off the coast of California. The bell (body) of the jellyfish is up to 70 cm in diameter, typically with a radial pattern of stripes. The tentacles vary with the age of the individual, consisting typically of eight marginal long dark arms, and four central frilly oral arms. It is closely studied by scientists due to not much being known about their eating and flying habits.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ The JelliesZone - Jellyfish & Other Gelatinous Zooplankton: Chrysaora colorata, accessed March 15, 2008

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