Donna Pomeroy, USA
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Chrysaora colorata (Russell, 1964)
Chrysaora colorata have a purple-striped bell (adults) of up to 70 cm diameter.Tentacles are 4-5 m in lenght.
Juveniles have long, thin, dark maroon tentacles and a pale pinkish bell that lacks the purple stripes.
The Purple-striped Jellyfish prey zooplankton,copepods, larval fish, ctenophores, salps, other scyphomedusa and fish eggs.
The tentacles can produce a painful sting.
Synonymised names:
Pelagia colorata Russell, 1964 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chrysaora colorata have a purple-striped bell (adults) of up to 70 cm diameter.Tentacles are 4-5 m in lenght.
Juveniles have long, thin, dark maroon tentacles and a pale pinkish bell that lacks the purple stripes.
The Purple-striped Jellyfish prey zooplankton,copepods, larval fish, ctenophores, salps, other scyphomedusa and fish eggs.
The tentacles can produce a painful sting.
Synonymised names:
Pelagia colorata Russell, 1964 · unaccepted (synonym)
