Aurelia marginalis

Southern moon jelly
Aurelia marginalis stranded in South Padre Island, Texas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Ulmaridae
Genus: Aurelia
Species:
A. marginalis
Binomial name
Aurelia marginalis
(Agassiz, 1862)

Aurelia marginalis (commonly called the southern moon jelly) is a species of the genus Aurelia. All species in the genus are very similar, and it is difficult to identify Aurelia medusae without genetic sampling.

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