Moon jelly (species: Aurelia aurita) in ALA: LIRS and surrounds using records to Oct. 2021 (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Aurelia aurita
Moon jelly


©Lyle Vail: Aurelia aurita at Snake Pit near Lizard Island, March 2014

©Anne Hoggett: Part of a large, short-lived swarm of Aurelia aurita at Lizard Island on 15 February 2014.

©Anne Hoggett: Aurelia aurita washed up on beach at Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Scyphozoa
Order Semaeostomeae
Family Ulmaridae
Genus Aurelia
Species Aurelia aurita

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Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Rarely seen except at very wide intervals when large numbers drift in and stay for a short time. One such swarm occurred on 15 Feb 2014 for one day only, disappeared for a few days, then returned for more than a week. The last memorable swarm before that was in the 1990s.  

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