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title: "Pacific Sea Nettle"
description: "Chrysaora fuscescens — Altri animali. Chrysaora fuscescens, the Pacific sea nettle or West Coast sea nettle, is a widespread jellyfish that lives in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, in temperate to cooler waters off of British Columbia and the West Coast of the United States, ranging south to Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/pacific-sea-nettle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pacific Sea Nettle

> Chrysaora fuscescens — Altri animali. Chrysaora fuscescens, the Pacific sea nettle or West Coast sea nettle, is a widespread jellyfish that lives in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, in temperate to cooler waters off of British Columbia and the West Coast of the United States, ranging south to Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Chrysaora fuscescens*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5279
- Wikidata: [Q1615025](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1615025)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48479](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48479)

## Names

- en: Pacific Sea Nettle

## Countries with the most observations

US (3724), CA (200), RU (3)

## Summary

Chrysaora fuscescens, the Pacific sea nettle or West Coast sea nettle, is a widespread jellyfish that lives in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, in temperate to cooler waters off of British Columbia and the West Coast of the United States, ranging south to Mexico. The Pacific sea nettle earned its common name in-reference to its defensive, 'nettle'-like sting; much like the stinging nettle plant (Urtica dioica), the sea nettle's defensive sting is often irritating (possibly mildly painful) to humans, though rarely dangerous.
The Pacific sea nettle has a distinctive, golden-brown bell with a reddish tint. The bell can…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Al Kordesch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37698034

## Machine access

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