---
title: "Bay Nettle"
description: "Chrysaora chesapeakei — Autres animaux. Chrysaora chesapeakei is a sea nettle from the family Pelagiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/bay-nettle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bay Nettle

> Chrysaora chesapeakei — Autres animaux. Chrysaora chesapeakei is a sea nettle from the family Pelagiidae.

- Scientific name: *Chrysaora chesapeakei*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 4366
- Wikidata: [Q48972832](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48972832)
- iNaturalist taxon: [742930](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/742930)

## Names

- en: Bay Nettle

## Countries with the most observations

US (3661), MX (16)

## Summary

Chrysaora chesapeakei is a sea nettle from the family Pelagiidae. It was shown to be a distinct species from Chrysaora quinquecirrha in 2017. Since then, it is also commonly known as the bay nettle. It is found mainly in estuaries of the eastern coast of the U.S.A and is especially known from the Chesapeake Bay, but can also be found in the open Gulf of Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysaora_chesapeakei

## Photo

![Bay Nettle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bay-nettle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jasper Shide · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145013132

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bay-nettle?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).