Common name of Aurelia aurita
 
Common Name Moon jelly
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003
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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