WoRMS taxon details
Chrysaora Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Dactylometra Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Kuragea Kishinouye, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora achlyos Martin, Gershwin, Burnett, Cargo & Bloom, 1997
- Species Chrysaora africana (Vanhöffen, 1902)
- Species Chrysaora agulhensis Ras, Neethling, Engelbrecht, Morandini, Bayha, Skrypzeck & Gibbons, 2020
- Species Chrysaora chesapeakei (Papenfuss, 1936)
- Species Chrysaora chinensis Vanhöffen, 1888
- Species Chrysaora colorata (Russell, 1964)
- Species Chrysaora fulgida (Reynaud, 1830)
- Species Chrysaora fuscescens Brandt, 1835
- Species Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829
- Species Chrysaora melanaster Brandt, 1835
- Species Chrysaora pacifica (Goette, 1886)
- Species Chrysaora pentastoma Péron & Lesueur, 1810
- Species Chrysaora plocamia (Lesson, 1830)
- Species Chrysaora pseudoocellata Mutlu, Çağatay, Olguner & Yilmaz, 2020
- Species Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Desor, 1848)
- Species Chrysaora aspilonota Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora blossevillii Lesson, 1830 accepted as Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora cyclonota Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora depressa (Kishinouye, 1902) accepted as Chrysaora pacifica (Goette, 1886) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora gaudichaudi Lesson, 1830 accepted as Desmonema gaudichaudi (Lesson, 1830) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora helvola Brandt, 1838 accepted as Chrysaora fuscescens Brandt, 1835 (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora Lesueur Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora mediterranea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora scoresbyanna Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008 accepted as Desmonema scoresbyanna Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008 (Name only exists due to database propogation, not from taxonomic literature)
- Species Chrysaora southcotti Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008 accepted as Chrysaora pentastoma Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (junior synonym)
- Species Chrysaora caliparea (Reynaud, 1830) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Chrysaora isosceles Eschscholtz (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Chrysaora kynthia Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Insufficient description - Morandini & Marques (2010))
- Species Chrysaora wurlerra Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Insufficient description - Morandini & Marques (2010))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 364 [details]
page(s): 364 [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Chrysaora Péron & Lesueur, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135261 on 2025-06-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Dactylometra Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 125-126 [details]
original description (of Kuragea Kishinouye, 1902) Kishinouye, K. (1902). Some new scyphomedusae of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo Imperial University.</em> 17: 1-17.
page(s): 9-10, Pl. I fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Dactylometra Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 125-126 [details]
original description (of Kuragea Kishinouye, 1902) Kishinouye, K. (1902). Some new scyphomedusae of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo Imperial University.</em> 17: 1-17.
page(s): 9-10, Pl. I fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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additional source
Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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