Common name of Aurelia aurita
 
Common Name Moon jellyfish
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st Modifier morphology
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'jelly' from Latin 'gelare', i.e., freeze, pertaining to consistency resembling gelatinous material; 'moon' here refers to the shape of this species.
 
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