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Chrysaora quinquecirrha - a type of jellyfish

jellyfish - any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans

Chrysaora, genus Chrysaora - a genus of Scyphozoa

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Dissociation and reaggregation of cells of Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Cnidaria.

Regeneration of the Rhopalium and the Rhopalial Nervous System in the Box Jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora

Differential ingestion and digestion of bivalve larvae by the scyphozoan Chrysaora quinquecirrha and the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi.

Large Shifts in Commercial Landings of Estuarine and Bay Bivalve Mollusks in Northeastern United States after 1980 with Assessment of the Causes

Effects of predation by the scyphomedusan Chrysaora quinquecirrha on zooplankton populations in Chesapeake Bay, USA.

Distribucion y abundancia espacial y temporal de Stomolophus meleagris (Rhizostomae: Stomolophidae) en un sistema lagunar del sur del Golfo de Mexico

Some other members of the same family (Pelagiidae), which have similar cnidomes, have strong toxins [e.g, Pelagia noctiluca (Mariottini & Pane, 2010); Chrysaora plocamia (Vera et al, 2005); Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Suput, 2009)].

Agregaciones de medusas (Chrysaora lactea, Cnidaria, Semaeostomeae) en el sur de Brasil y consecuencias de picaduras en humanos

Numerical increases and distributional shifts of Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Desor) and Aurelia aurita (Linne) (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Observations on the bloom-forming jellyfish Crambionella stuhlmanni (Chun, 1896) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

On the other hand, Breitberg has found that the Bay's gelatinous species--its comb jellies (Mnemiopsis leidyi) and stinging sea nettles (Chrysaora quinquecirrha)--are quite tolerant of hypoxia.

Dead waters: massive oxygen-starved zones are developing along the world's coasts