Name
Aurelia
common jellyfish
Framing
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semeostomida
Genus: Aurelia
Habitat
Marine, floating pelagic and swimmer
Feeding
Feeds on plankton (zooplankton and ichthyoplankton).
Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Conservation status
Abundant
Additional information
Four horseshoe-shaped gonads symmetrically arranged in the centre of the umbrella
Additional information
Bibliography
Scorrano, S. et al. (2017). Unmasking Aurelia species in the Mediterranean Sea: an integrative morphometric and molecular approach. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180(2), 243-267; Purcell, J. E. et al. (2012). Temperature effects on asexual reproduction rates of scyphozoan species from the northwest Mediterranean Sea. In Jellyfish Blooms IV (pp. 169-180). Springer, Dordrecht. Accesible en https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Josep-Maria-Gili/publication/236162410_Temperature_effects_on_asexual_reproduction_rates_of_scyphozoan_polyps_from_the_NW_Mediterranean_Sea/links/02e7e51697bdeee630000000/Temperature-effects-on-asexual-reproduction-rates-of-scyphozoan-polyps-from-the-NW-Mediterranean-Sea.pdf