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Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris. Verdière, Paris: Verdière, 568 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12712
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Cnidaria
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class
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Scyphozoa
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order
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Semaeostomeae
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family
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Ulmaridae
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genus
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Aurelia
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species
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Aurelia aurita
Name
- Synonyms
- Aurelia flavidula (Péron & Lesueur, 1810)
- Aurellia flavidula Peron & Lesueur
- Medusa aurita Linnaeus, 1758
- Medusa purpurea Pennant, 1777
- Homonyms
- Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Almindelig vandmand in Danish
- Moon jellyfish in language.
- Ohrenqualle in German
- Ohrenqualle in German
- aurélie in French
- ay denizanas in Turkish
- borm in Catalan–Valencian
- chełbia modra in Polish
- common jellyfish in English
- geoorde zeekwal in Dutch
- glasmanet in Norwegian
- korvameduusa in Finnish
- korvameduusa in Finnish
- medusa común in Spanish
- medusa luna in Spanish
- medusa platillo in Spanish
- medusa quadrifoglio in Italian
- medusa sombrilla in Spanish
- medusa-da-lua in Portuguese
- meduza hënë in Albanian
- moon jelly in language.
- moon jelly in English
- moon jelly in language.
- moon jelly in English
- moon jellyfish in English
- méduse bleue in French
- méduse commune in French
- méduse lune in French
- oorkwal in Dutch
- pota marina in Italian
- vandmand in language.
- Øregople in Danish
- öronmanet in Swedish
- Аурелия ушастая in Russian
- ミズクラゲ in Japanese
- Moon Jellyfish in English
- Oorkwal in Dutch
- gaskačáhci in Northern Sami
- glassmanet in Norwegian Bokmål
- oorkwal in Dutch
- öronmanet in Swedish
- Moon jelly in English
- Moon jellyfish in English
- Ohrenqualle in German
- aurélie in French
- ay denizanas in Turkish
- borm in Catalan–Valencian
- chełbia modra in Polish
- common jellyfish in English
- geoorde zeekwal in Dutch
Bibliographic References
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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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101.
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Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,..., 2002: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28. xi + 115.
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Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 111
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Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
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Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40.
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Hansson (1899-12-31 23:00:00) "Marina sydskandinaviska ""evertebrater"" - ett naturhistoriskt urval. Web-upplaga Sept. 2006."
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Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Kramp, P. L., 1961: Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 40. 1-469.
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Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. Paris: Verdière, 568 pp.
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Larson, R.J. 1976. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Cnidaria: Scyphozoa. NOAA Techical Report NMFS Circular 397. 18 p.
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Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
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Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
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Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799.
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Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
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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.
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Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre
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Segura-Puertas, Lourdes, Eduardo Suárez-Morales, and Laura Celis, 2003: A checklist of the Medusae (Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa and Cubozoa) of Mexico. Zootaxa, issue 194. 1-15.
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Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190.
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Thomas, M. L. H. (1983). Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 64:1-306.