---
title: "Northern Sea Nettle"
description: "Chrysaora melanaster — Altri animali. Chrysaora melanaster, commonly known as the northern sea nettle or brown jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish native to the northern Pacific Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/northern-sea-nettle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Sea Nettle

> Chrysaora melanaster — Altri animali. Chrysaora melanaster, commonly known as the northern sea nettle or brown jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish native to the northern Pacific Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Chrysaora melanaster*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 777
- Wikidata: [Q610540](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q610540)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117706](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117706)

## Names

- en: Northern Sea Nettle

## Countries with the most observations

US (568), CA (69), RU (50), JP (7)

## Summary

Chrysaora melanaster, commonly known as the northern sea nettle or brown jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish native to the northern Pacific Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.  It is sometimes referred to as a Pacific sea nettle, but this name is also used for C. fuscescens; the name Japanese sea nettle was also used for this species, but that name now exclusively refers to C. pacifica. Although jellyfish kept in public aquariums sometimes are referred to as C. melanaster, this is the result of the historical naming confusion and these actually are C. pacifica.

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

## Photo

![Northern Sea Nettle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-sea-nettle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Игорь Загребин · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149140843

## Machine access

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