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Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
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

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Scyphozoa
order
Semaeostomeae
family
Ulmaridae
genus
Aurelia
species
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
Almindelig vandmand in Danish
Ausainā aurēlija in Latvian
Ausytoji medūza in Lithuanian
Ay Denizanası in Turkish
Blä glaag in language.
Common Moon Jelly in English
Medusa boca de bandera in Spanish
Meririst in Estonian
Millimallikas in Estonian
Moon Jelly, Common jellyfish in English
Moon jellyfish in language.
Méduse commune, Aurélie, Méduse lune in French
Northern Moon Jelly in English
Ohrenqualle in German
Ohrenqualle in German
Ohrenqualle in German
Orwaschelquoin in language.
Uhati klobuk in Croatian
aurélie in French
aurélie in French
ay denizanas in Turkish
ay denizanas in Turkish
borm in Catalan–Valencian
borm in Catalan–Valencian
chełbia modra in Polish
chełbia modra in Polish
common jellyfish in English
common jellyfish in English
fülesmedúza in Hungarian
gaskačáhci in Northern Sami
geoorde zeekwal in Dutch
geoorde zeekwal in Dutch
glasmanet in Norwegian
glasmanet in Norwegian
glassmanet in Norwegian Bokmål
korvameduusa in Finnish
korvameduusa in Finnish
korvameduusa in Finnish
marmoca in language.
medusa común in Spanish
medusa común in Spanish
medusa luna in Spanish
medusa luna in Spanish
medusa platillo in Spanish
medusa platillo in Spanish
medusa quadrifoglio in Italian
medusa quadrifoglio in Italian
medusa sombrilla in Spanish
medusa sombrilla in Spanish

Bibliographic References

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  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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].
  5. 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.
  6. Hansson (2006) "Marina sydskandinaviska ""evertebrater"" - ett naturhistoriskt urval. Web-upplaga Sept. 2006."
  7. 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.
  8. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  9. 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.
  10. Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière.
  11. Larson, R.J. 1976. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Cnidaria: Scyphozoa. NOAA Techical Report NMFS Circular 397. 18 p.
  12. 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.
  13. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  14. Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. <em>The Audubon Society.</em> 1-799.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190.
  20. 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.
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