Animalia > Cnidaria > Scyphozoa > Semaeostomeae > Ulmaridae > Aurelia > Aurelia auritaAurelia aurita (moon jelly; Moon jellyfish)Synonyms: Aurelia flavidula (heterotypic); Aurellia flavidula; Medusa aurita (homotypic); Medusa purpurea Aurelia aurita (also called the moon jelly, moon jellyfish, common jellyfish, or saucer jelly) is a widely studied species of the genus Aurelia. All species in the genus are closely related, and it is difficult to identify Aurelia medusae without genetic sampling; most of what follows applies equally to all species of the genus. |
Water Biome [1] | Reef, Lakes and Ponds, Coastal |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast |
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160731 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Cardigan Bay/ Bae Ceredigion |
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236876 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Clogwyni Pen Llyn/ Seacliffs of Lleyn |
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2591 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Drigg Coast |
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3453 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fal and Helford |
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15785 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Firth of Lorn |
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51830 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Flamborough Head |
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15597 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isle of May |
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882 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru |
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3940 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Loch Creran |
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3030 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Loch Laxford |
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3018 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Loch Maree Complex |
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38882 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Loch nam Madadh |
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5734 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lochs Duich, Long and Alsh Reefs |
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5883 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Luce Bay and Sands |
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120487 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Lundy |
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7573 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Morecambe Bay |
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151985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Uist Machair |
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7533 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Obain Loch Euphoirt |
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861 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Orfordness – Shingle Street |
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2227 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Plymouth Sound and Estuaries |
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15820 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solway Firth |
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107829 |
England/Scotland, United Kingdom |
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St David`s / Ty Ddewi |
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2312 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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St Kilda |
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62932 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sullom Voe |
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6668 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Sunart |
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25320 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Taynish and Knapdale Woods |
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2388 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay |
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65440 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 3Clownfish and their Host Anemones ;; NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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