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Common Moon Jelly

Aurelia aurita

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,301, February 961, March 1,505, April 2,368, May 3,414, June 3,723, July 3,984, August 3,426, September 2,515, October 1,878, November 1,026, December 802.
United States28,274
Alaska26,902
Canada1,543
Texas785
United Kingdom540
Quebec462
New Brunswick364
Maine354
Netherlands278
Germany224

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

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  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumCnidarians · Cnidaria
ClassTrue Jellies · Scyphozoa
OrderFlag-mouth Jellies · Semaeostomeae
FamilyUlmarid Jellies · Ulmaridae
GenusMoon Jellies · Aurelia

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