Moon Jellies
Aurelia
Aurelia is a genus of scyphozoan jellyfish, commonly called moon jellies. There are at least 13 species in the genus Aurelia including many that are still not formally described. It has been suggested that Aurelia is the best-studied group of gelatinous zooplankton, with Aurelia aurita the best-studied species in the genus; two other species, Aurelia labiata and Aurelia limbata have also been investigated (studies summarized by Arai). Since most previous studies of Aurelia were done without...
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Moon Jelly
speciesAurelia aurita
Greater Moon Jelly
speciesAurelia labiata
Southern Moon Jelly
speciesAurelia marginalis
Asian moon jellyfish
speciesAurelia coerulea
Aurelia solida
speciesAurelia solida
Brown-rimmed Moon Jelly
speciesAurelia limbata
Aurelia hyalina
speciesAurelia hyalina
Aurelia malayensis
speciesAurelia malayensis
Fijian moon jellyfish
speciesAurelia vitiana
Aurelia dubia
speciesAurelia dubia
Aurelia mozambica
speciesAurelia mozambica
Aurelia maldivensis
speciesAurelia maldivensis
Aurelia colpota
speciesAurelia colpota
Aurelia relicta
speciesAurelia relicta
CEBIMar Moon Jellyfish
speciesAurelia cebimarensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48329.