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Aurelia aurita (aka)🪼

Photo: André Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5

SpeciesSemaeostomeaeUlmaridae
Cnidarians

🪼Aurelia aurita

Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aurelia aurita is a species of true jellyfish in the family Ulmaridae and the type species of its genus, Aurelia. Before the 2020s, the species was considered cosmopolitan, but the taxon has since been split into at least 28 species. The species now identified as A. aurita is only found in the north Atlantic and in Argentina, and is not dangerous to humans.

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Videos
11
Photos
2
Measurements
1
Also called
common jellyfish
Conservation status
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Aurelia aurita yet.

Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Aurelia aurita

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Bell width
0.5 mmaximum recorded, width / bell diameter
SeaLifeBase
Details ↓

Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Not recorded for Aurelia aurita yet: body mass, body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumCnidaria
  3. ›classScyphozoa
  4. ›orderSemaeostomeae
  5. ›familyUlmaridae
  6. ›genusAurelia
  7. ›speciesAurelia aurita
Full lineage
  1. phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
  2. subclassDiscomedusae
  3. familyUlmaridae
  4. genusAurelia
All 6 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
  3. classScyphozoa
  4. subclassDiscomedusae
  5. familyUlmaridae
  6. genusAurelia
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korvameduusa (fi), 보름달물해파리 (ko), Glassmanet (nb), oorkwal (nl), Aurelia aurita (fr), 海月水母 (zh) … and 23 more languages
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Aurelia aurita (aka)21 Underwater world jellyfish in Valencia Aquarium, Spain moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)
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