---
title: "Compass Jelly"
description: "Chrysaora hysoscella — Outros animais. Chrysaora hysoscella, the compass jellyfish, is a common species of jellyfish that inhabits coastal waters in temperate regions of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, including the North Sea and Mediterranean Sea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/compass-jelly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Compass Jelly

> Chrysaora hysoscella — Outros animais. Chrysaora hysoscella, the compass jellyfish, is a common species of jellyfish that inhabits coastal waters in temperate regions of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, including the North Sea and Mediterranean Sea.

- Scientific name: *Chrysaora hysoscella*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5701
- Wikidata: [Q2440379](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2440379)
- iNaturalist taxon: [360314](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/360314)

## Names

- en: Compass Jelly
- de: Kompassqualle
- fr: Méduse rayonnée
- nl: Kompaskwal

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2021), IE (925), NL (678), FR (542), GR (261), IT (172), DK (155), DE (152), HR (115), SI (65), TR (62), BE (56)

## Summary

Chrysaora hysoscella, the compass jellyfish, is a common species of jellyfish that inhabits coastal waters in temperate regions of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, including the North Sea and Mediterranean Sea. In the past it was also recorded in the southeastern Atlantic, including South Africa, but this was caused by confusion with close relatives; C. africana, C. fulgida and an undescribed species tentatively referred to as "C. agulhensis".
It is a true jellyfish displaying radial symmetry with distinct brown markings shaped like elongated V's on its bell. C. hysoscella adults are highly susceptible to the parasite…

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

## Photo

![Compass Jelly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/compass-jelly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jérémy Capelle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/366404898

## Machine access

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