Aurelia marginalis
Southern moon jelly | |
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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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