AnimalsA jellyfish has no brain, heart or bones, and its body is mostly water. The moon jellyfish is see-through, with four pale rings in its bell. It drifts with the currents, catching tiny animals with its tentacles.
Quick facts
- Scientific name
- Aurelia aurita
- Group
- Invertebrates
- Diet
- Carnivore (eats other animals)
- Lives in
- Seas worldwide
- Habitat
- Coastal waters
- A young one is called
- ephyra
- A group is called
- bloom or smack
- Conservation status
- No category in our data
How it is classified
Scientists sort living things into groups within groups. Reading down, each step is a smaller group, ending with the species itself.
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Cnidaria
- Class Scyphozoa
- Order Semaeostomeae
- Family Ulmaridae
- Genus Aurelia
- Species Aurelia aurita
Classification follows the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Other reference works arrange some groups differently. How classification works.
Is it in danger?
No Red List category for the moon jellyfish was found in our data source. What the categories mean.