Species
Phacellophora camtschatica (Egg-yolk jelly)
Phacellophora camtschatica. Photo: (c) Zach Hawn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Phacellophora camtschatica, known as the fried egg jellyfish or the egg-yolk jellyfish, is a very large jellyfish, with a bell up to 60 cm (2 ft) in diameter and 16 clusters of up to a few dozen tentacles, each up to 6 m (20 ft) long. It has traditionally been included in the family Ulmaridae, but is now considered the only member of the family Phacellophoridae.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
- Class: Scyphozoa (True jellies)
- Subclass: Discomedusae (Discomedusans)
- Order: Semaeostomeae (Flag-mouth jellies)
- Family: Phacellophoridae (Egg-yolk jellies)
- Genus: Phacellophora
- Species: Phacellophora camtschatica (Egg-yolk jelly)
- Genus: Phacellophora
- Family: Phacellophoridae (Egg-yolk jellies)
- Order: Semaeostomeae (Flag-mouth jellies)
- Subclass: Discomedusae (Discomedusans)
- Class: Scyphozoa (True jellies)
- Phylum: Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
