Aurelia Aurita
62 mm, F 5.6, 1/199 sec., ISO 3200. MT category, HDR created using NIK Color EFex Tonal Contrast and other filters 08/16/14
Mild stinger
The venom of Aurelia is harmless for humans and this jellyfish can be touched (in China it is a popular dish) even though, like all jellyfish it is very delicate and contacts can damage it.
Habitat
Aurelia lives in all oceans of the northern hemisphere, where it can be very abundant.
How to identify it
The umbrella can reach 30-40 cm, with marginal tentacles, discoidal, withish, with gonads arranged in four circles that are very evident through the transparent bell. The manubrium has four long oral arms. Many radial canals link the centre and the margin of the umbrella. Contrary to other species, this jellyfish lives well in aquaria and can be observed in the public aquaria throughout the world.
Uploaded on August 16, 2014