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Aurelia aurita

oorkwal(+26)·(Linnaeus, 1758)

GBIF:155435984

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Habitat

Marine

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(37)

Gulf of Maine

North Pacific Ocean

Pacific, Northeast

North East Pacific

Gulf of Saint Lawrence

Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Mexico

European Marine Waters

North West Atlantic

Westerschelde

Belgian Coast(BE)

Oostduinkerke(BE)

Zeebrugge(BE)

Duinbergen(BE)

Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone(BE)

De Panne(BE)

Oostende(BE)

Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone(BE)

Halvemaandijk(BE)

Bredene(BE)

Oostende(BE)

Bulgarian Exclusive Economic Zone(BG)

Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part](CA)

Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea(CO)

Georgian Exclusive Economic Zone(GE)

Irish Exclusive economic Zone(IE)

Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone(NL)

New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone(NZ)

Polish Exclusive Economic Zone(PL)

Romanian Exclusive Economic Zone(RO)

Russian part of the Black Sea(RU)

Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone(SE)

Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone(TR)

Overlapping claim Ukraine: Ukraine / Russia(UA)

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 17 languages. 1 preferred.

oorkwalnld★Ohrenqualledeuauréliefraay denizanasturbormcat+22 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 17 languages. 1 name preferred.

oorkwal

nld★ preferred

Source: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

Ohrenqualle

deu

Source: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

aurélie

fra

Source: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

ay denizanas

tur

borm

cat

Source: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

chełbia modra

pol

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

common jellyfish

eng

Source: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

geoorde zeekwal

nld

Source: Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium. 283 pp.

glasmanet

nor

korvameduusa

fin

medusa común

spa

Source: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

medusa luna

spa

Source: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

medusa platillo

spa

Source: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

medusa quadrifoglio

ita

medusa sombrilla

spa

Source: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

medusa-da-lua

por

meduza hënë

sqi

Source: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

moon jelly

eng

Source: Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Cutress, W.C. Jaap, D.G. Fautin, R.J. Larson, G.R. Harbison, M.N. Arai & D.M. Opresko. (2002). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, Bethesda, Maryland. 28:1-115.

moon jellyfish

eng

Source: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.

méduse bleue

fra

méduse commune

fra

méduse lune

fra

pota marina

ita

Source: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

vandmand

dan

öronmanet

swe

Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Аурелия ушастая

rus

Source: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.

ミズクラゲ

jpn

Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

CLASSIFICATION

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BiotaAnimaliaCnidariaMedusozoaScyphozoaDiscomedusaeSemaeostomeaeUlmaridaeAureliinaeAureliaAurelia aurita

DOM

Biota868,823

Animalia624,570

Cnidaria30,396

SUB

Medusozoa5,991

Scyphozoa439

SUB

SUB

Aurelia30

Aurelia aurita

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (255502 nucleotides; 480 proteins)

NCBI:txid6145

UNKNOWN

NOMENCLATURE

Synonyms(3)

Aurellia flavidulaPeron & Lesueur, 1810

synonym

Medusa auritaLinnaeus, 1758

synonym

Medusa purpureaPennant, 1777

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CITATIONS

References(18)

Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101.

additional source

Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 111

basis of record

Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].

additional source

Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 2: 361-672, plates 21-40.

additional source

Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

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Geographic Distribution(37)

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Vernacular Names

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External Identifiers(1)

Synonyms(3)

Occurrences with images

References(18)