How big does the Purple-Striped Jelly get?

The Purple-Striped Jelly grows to about 80 cm.

Purple-Striped Jelly

Chrysaora colorata

Group: Other
Max size: 80 cm

Its translucent bell flushed with purple stripes can spread to about eighty centimetres across, trailing long tentacles through open ocean and slope water. Swimmers who brush it come away with a sharp sting, a common encounter off the California coast.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Scyphozoa › Semaeostomeae › Pelagiidae › Chrysaora

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 287204.

FAQ

How big does the Purple-Striped Jelly get?: The Purple-Striped Jelly grows to about 80 cm.