''Chrysaora chinensis'', or the Indonesian sea nettle, is a species of
jellyfish
Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella- ...
in the family
Pelagiidae
The Pelagiidae are a family of jellyfish. Members of the family ''Pelagiidae'' have no ring canal, and the marginal tentacles arise from umbrella margin.
Genera
There are four genera currently recognized:
*Genus ''Chrysaora'' – (14 species)
*G ...
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It is native to the central
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
region and its sting is considered dangerous.
First described by
Ernst Vanhöffen
Ernst Vanhöffen (15 November 1858, in Wehlau – 14 June 1918) was a German zoologist.
He studied geology, botany and zoology at the universities of Berlin and Königsberg, graduating in 1888 with the thesis ''Untersuchungen über semaeostome ...
in 1888, in 1910 it was considered a variant of ''
C. helvola'' and in 1954 it was considered a
synonym
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...
if it, while other authorities have considered it as a synonym of various other ''
Chrysaora
''Chrysaora'' () is a genus of jellyfish, commonly called the sea nettles, in the family Pelagiidae. The origin of the genus name ''Chrysaora'' lies in Greek mythology with Chrysaor, brother of Pegasus and son of Poseidon and Medusa. Translated ...
'' species. Although the
type specimen
In biology, a type is a particular wiktionary:en:specimen, specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to a ...
of ''C. chinensis'' apparently no longer exists, the species of the central Indo-Pacific region is different both from relatives in the northeast Pacific (the region where ''C. helvola'' was described) and those found elsewhere.
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References
Chrysaora
Animals described in 1888
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