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1. Aurelia Aurita
Name: Florencia Henriquez

2. Taxonomy
• Phylum: Cnidarians
• Class: Scyphozoa
• Family: Ulmaridae

3. Morfology
• It has a plate-shaped umbrella, ranging between 25 -
40 cm in diameter.
• Around the umbrella are hundreds of long, thin,
filamentous, stinging tentacles, plus 4 around its
mouth.
• Its most distinctive feature is the 4 horseshoe gonads
on the upper part.
• It is transparent, with blue and white spots.

4. Distribution
and habitat
It is found both offshore and
inshore, solitary or in groups,
mainly from April to October.
It is one of the most abundant
jellyfish and is found in waters all
over the world, except in the very
cold waters of the poles.

5. Reproduction
• In the polyp stage (strobilus),
sexual reproduction takes
place, producing the ephira
larva. This will give rise to the
medusa stage.

6. Nutrition
• They feed mainly on zooplankton, small
crustaceans and fish larvae.
• They use their tentacles covered with
stinging cells called cnidocytes to
capture their prey.

7. Ecological significance
Aurelian jellyfish play an important role in marine
ecosystems.
They are predators of zooplankton, as well as food
sources for various species of fish and turtles.

8. Curiosities
● In Asia, particularly in China and
Indonesia, they are used for human
consumption.
● The stinging cells do not penetrate
human skin.
● Its umbrella secretes a sticky mucus
that flows into the mouth and allows it
to capture small microorganisms.

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