Global InformationChrysaora africana information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Semaeostomeae |
| Family: | Pelagiidae |
| Genus: | Chrysaora |
| Species: | C. africana
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| Chrysaora africana (Vanhöffen, 1902)[1]
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Chrysaora africana, the purple compass jelly, is a species of jellyfish from the family Pelagiidae.[2][3] Found in the southeastern Atlantic Ocean from Gabon to the western coast of South Africa (although uncommon in the far south of its range),[3] its taxonomy has historically caused considerable confusion.[4][5] Like other sea nettles, its sting is painful, but not generally dangerous unless there is an allergic reaction to the venom.[3]
- ^ Vanhöffen, E. (1902). Die Craspedoten Medusen der deutschen Tiefsee Expedition 1898-1899. I. Trachymedusen. Archived 2018-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. 3: 55-86, pls 1-12.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chrysaora africana (Vanhöffen, 1902)". www.marinespecies.org. Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ a b c Lewis, K.; Bowen, D. (6 December 2018). "Why are Cape Town's beaches being covered in jellyfish?". Two Oceans Aquarium. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ Ras, Verena (2017), Towards an unravelling of the taxonomy of Chrysaora (Scyphozoa; Semaeostomeae; Pelagiidae) from around South Africa, University of the Western Cape
- ^ Gaffney, Patrick M.; Collins, Allen G.; Bayha, Keith M. (2017). "Multigene phylogeny of the scyphozoan jellyfish family Pelagiidae reveals that the common U.S. Atlantic sea nettle comprises two distinct species (Chrysaora quinquecirrha and C. chesapeakei)". PeerJ. 5: e3863. doi:10.7717/peerj.3863. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5642265. PMID 29043109.