Species Detail - Compass jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Lagoon Surveys".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Chrysaora hysoscella
Compass jellyfish
NHMSYS0021053997
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
chhys
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Coelenterate (=cnidarian)
Species
2
2
2
08/09/1996
31/10/2016
4 February (recorded in 2015)
13 October (recorded in 2020)
Geoff Oliver and Eddie McCormack, Irish Lagoon Surveys, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Compass jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/303/Species/286534