State: California and Oregon: Moon jellies and sea nettles Aurelia sp & Chrysaora fuscescens: "Since last September there has been an unusual almost total absence of the medusae of both species of jellies along the Pacific Coast. In "normal" years there always some to be seen and frequently in the fall and early winter there may be huge blooms of Chrysaora along the coast of California and Oregon. Biologists at all CA and OR public aquariums and research institutes have been unsuccessfully searching for jelly medusae of either species."--David C. Powell <tiburon@redshift.com>