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Compass Jellyfish

Chrysaora hysoscella

2,023Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
32Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar1
Apr1
May25
Jun291
Jul857
Aug588
Sep250
Oct5
Nov1
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England50
2Isle of Anglesey Wales39
3Gwynedd Wales37
4Devon England31
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland23
6Pembrokeshire Wales21
7Torbay England13
8Norfolk England12
9Plymouth England11
10Highland Scotland10
11Suffolk England7
12Argyll and Bute Scotland7
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland6
14Isle of Wight England5
15Portsmouth England5
640 England114 Scotland220 Wales43 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,023
Peak month
July
Counties with records
32
Scientific name
Chrysaora hysoscella
Group
Jellyfish, corals and anemones
NBN Atlas records since 2000
872
Most recorded in
Cornwall
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Scyphozoa
Order
Semaeostomeae
Family
Pelagiidae
Genus
Chrysaora
Name with authority
Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2440379 · GBIF 5185425