Aurelia aurita, Moon jelly : fisheries

Aurelia aurita   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Moon jelly

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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Scyphozoa | Semaeostomeae | Ulmaridae | Aureliinae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

Πελαγικό(ά); Υφάλμυρο; εύρος βάθους 0 - 1250 m (Αναφ. 116114).  Subtropical; 78°N - 55°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Circumglobal. This species is widespread in all the seas of the sphere, from the equator to the poles. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?, range 2 - 31 cm Max length : 50.0 cm WD αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 2376)

Short description Μορφολογία

Maximum diameter: 50 cm (Ref. 358); Height, from 10 to 12.5 cm; diameter, being able to reach 40 to 50 cm (Ref. 363). Plane sunshade; comprising very many tentacles courts with the periphery. One counts 4 oral arms; and 4 sexual organs; of annular form or in the horseshoe shape very many radiate channels. Coloring: generally translucent, with slightly pink reflections, blue or purple; the sexual organs are more clearly colored red or pink (Ref. 358).

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

This species is being eaten by predators because of its high fatty acid content (Ref. 122155). Neritic, potentially pathogenic (Ref. 116114). Free living near the water's surface in pelagic zones (Ref. 2997), close to coasts (Ref. 358), and offshore (Ref. 813); also found in brackish waters (Ref. 2993), coastal embayments, fjords and estuaries (Ref. 3289). Their cnidocytes cannot transpierce the human skin. Suspension feeder (Ref. 3269) on tintinnids, rotifers, cladocerans and larvae of copepods (harpacticoid), barnacles (nauplii; Ref. 3053) and on fish larvae (Ref. 7715). Several cases reported sea anemones to feed on this species; fungiid coral is also an occasional feeder. Provides vital fatty acids for fishes and crustacean predators. Nutritional value of this species from macronutrients and key fatty acids appears to be important over only meeting a predator's energy demands (Ref. 122155).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

High abundances of ephyrae during late autumn can be explained by the large number of poly disc scyphistomae preceding to the appearance of ephyrae (Ref. 3062). Polyps begin to develop in August-September, matures in October and dies in November (Ref. 3271). Budding doesn’t occur in winter months (Ref. 7721). Can live up to 2 years (Ref. 3049).

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Wrobel, D. and C.E. Mills 1998 Pacific coasts pelagic invertebrates: a guide to the common gelatinous animals. Sea Challengers and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California.112 p. (Αναφ. 2376)

IUCN Red List Status (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

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Distribution
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Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 4.7 - 25.3, mean 12.3 (based on 3533 cells).
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 69278): Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (K=0.45-3.83).
Fishing Vulnerability (Αναφ. 71543): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Unknown.

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