Brown Banded Moon Jelly [Aurelia limbata]
Description
This moon jelly is recognizable by its warmer brown banding and delicate, umbrella-like bell. Underwater, it typically moves slowly with rhythmic contractions, sometimes hovering in place before drifting on the current.
Where To See Brown Banded Moon Jelly
No sighting locations recorded yet.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Cnidarians
Cnidaria
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Cup Animals
Scyphozoa
|
| Order |
Semaeostome Jellyfish
Semaeostomeae
|
| Family |
Ulmarid
Ulmaridae
|
| Genus |
Moon Jellyfishes
Aurelia
|
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