common jellyfish, moon jelly (Aurelia aurita) English: This image shows two moon jelly fish (Aurelia aurita).
Deutsch: Dieses Bild zeigt zwei Ohrenquallen (Aurelia aurita).
Date 15 November 2009
Source Own work selbst fotografiert; Ort: Aquarium Berlin.
Author Andreas Augstein
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aurelia_aurita_(auge24eu).jpg
The common jellyfish, moon jellyfish, moon jelly, or saucer jelly (Aurelia aurita) is a widely studied species of the genus Aurelia. The moon jellyfish is translucent and can be recognized by its four horseshoe-shaped gonads, easily seen through the top of the bell. Aurelia aurita is found along the eastern Atlantic coast of Northern Europe and the western Atlantic coast of North America.
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Ulmaridae
Genus: Aurelia
Species: Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758)
