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title: "Atlantic Sea Nettle"
description: "Chrysaora quinquecirrha — Outros animais. The Atlantic sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha), also called the East Coast sea nettle in the United States, is a species of jellyfish that inhabits the Atlantic coast of the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/atlantic-sea-nettle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Sea Nettle

> Chrysaora quinquecirrha — Outros animais. The Atlantic sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha), also called the East Coast sea nettle in the United States, is a species of jellyfish that inhabits the Atlantic coast of the United States.

- Scientific name: *Chrysaora quinquecirrha*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 891
- Wikidata: [Q2118900](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2118900)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48478](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48478)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Sea Nettle
- es: Medusa boca de bandera

## Countries with the most observations

US (281), MX (6)

## Summary

The Atlantic sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha), also called the East Coast sea nettle in the United States, is a species of jellyfish that inhabits the Atlantic coast of the United States. Historically it was confused with several Chrysaora species, resulting in incorrect reports of C. quinquecirrha from other parts of the Atlantic and other oceans. Most recently, C. chesapeakei of estuaries on the Atlantic coast of the United States, as well as the Gulf of Mexico, was only fully recognized as separate from C. quinquecirrha in 2017. It is smaller than the Pacific sea nettle, and has more variable coloration, but…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Conway Hawn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286346807

## Machine access

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