What is West Coast sea nettle?
{{Speciesbox | name = ''Chrysaora fuscescens'' | image = Sea nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) 2.jpg | image_caption = The Pacific sea nettle (''Chrysaora fuscescens''). | genus = Chrysaora | species = fuscescens | authority = [[Johann Friedrich von Brandt|Brandt]], 1835 }} The '''West Coast sea nettle''' (''Chrysaora fuscescens''), also known as the [[Pacific Ocean| Pacific]] sea nettle, is a type of [[Scyphozoa]] which lives in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. For humans its sting is usually irritating, but rarely dangerous. == Habitat== The West Coast sea nettle is found near the coasts of [[California]] and [[Oregon]], but some live in the waters north to the [[Gulf of Alaska]], west to the [[sea]]s around [[Japan]] and south to the [[Baja California Peninsula]]. == Description== The West Coast sea nettle have a golden-brown bell with a little shade of red. In the wild, the bell can grow to be larger than one meter (three feet) in [[diameter]], but most are less than 50 cm. The long white arms and the 24 maroon tentacles may be as long as 3.6 to 4.6m (12 to 15 feet). == Feeding== Like most [[Cnidaria]], the West Coast sea nettle is [[carnivorous]]. They catch their prey by using their [[Nematocyst]]-laden tentacles. The toxin(poison) in their Nematocyst are effective against their prey and humans. Since West Coast sea nettles can not chase their prey, they must eat as they drift, by spreading out their tentacles like a large net, the West Coast sea nettle is able to catch food as it passes by. When a prey brushes against the tentacles, thousands of nematocysts are released, launching barbed stingers which release a paralyzing toxin, then the oral arms begin [[digestion]] as they push the prey into the West Coast sea nettle's mouth. The West Coast sea nettle feeds on different types of [[zooplankton]], [[crustacean]]s, [[salp]]s, [[pelagic snail]]s, small [[fish]] as well as their [[egg (biology)|egg]]s and [[larvae]], and other [[jellyfish]]. [[Category:Jellyfish]]