Animals / Jellyfish

Moon jellyfish

Aurelia aurita · Ulmaridae

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.

Where the Moon jellyfish lives

Recorded in Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, United States of America, Ireland, Ukraine, Poland, Finland, Denmark and Canada (Europe and North America).

Most records fall in Zuid-Holland, Zeeland, Västra Götaland, Noord-Holland, Pomeranian and Kalmar.

See the Moon jellyfish’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Not evaluated (NE). Scientists haven’t checked yet how at risk it is, so this doesn’t mean it is safe or in danger. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 33,484 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.