Chrysaora melanaster

Chrysaora melanaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Medusozoa
Class:	Scyphozoa
Order:	Semaeostomeae
Family:	Pelagiidae
Genus:	Chrysaora
Species:	C. melanaster
Binomial name
Chrysaora melanaster (Brandt, 1835)

The Japanese sea nettle (Chrysaora melanaster), also called a northern sea nettle or brown jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is sometimes referred to as a Pacific sea nettle, but this name is also used for Chrysaora fuscescens.