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title: "Purple-striped Sea Nettle"
description: "Chrysaora colorata — Andere dieren. Chrysaora colorata (Russell), commonly known as the purple-striped jelly or purple-striped sea nettle, is a species of jellyfish that exists primarily off the coast of California from Bodega Bay to San Diego."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/purple-striped-sea-nettle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Purple-striped Sea Nettle

> Chrysaora colorata — Andere dieren. Chrysaora colorata (Russell), commonly known as the purple-striped jelly or  purple-striped sea nettle, is a species of jellyfish that exists primarily off the coast of California from Bodega Bay to San Diego.

- Scientific name: *Chrysaora colorata*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1050
- Wikidata: [Q589540](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q589540)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69839](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69839)

## Names

- en: Purple-striped Sea Nettle
- es: Medusa Púrpura Rayada
- pt: Medusa-de-riscas-púrpuras

## Countries with the most observations

US (831), MX (41)

## Summary

Chrysaora colorata (Russell), commonly known as the purple-striped jelly or  purple-striped sea nettle, is a species of jellyfish that exists primarily off the coast of California from Bodega Bay to San Diego. The bell (body) of the jellyfish is up to 70 cm (2.3 ft) in diameter, typically with a radial pattern of stripes.  The tentacles vary with the age of the individual, consisting typically of eight marginal long dark arms, and four central frilly oral arms. It is closely studied by scientists due to not much being known about their eating habits. A 15-foot-long specimen has been seen.
Often young Cancer crabs…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Machiko Yasuda · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139454056

## Machine access

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