common jellyfish, moon jelly (Aurelia aurita) Aurelia aurita = Aurelia sp.
English: Reproductive anatomy of an undetermined moon jellyfish species:
2: Transverse section of oral arm without brood pouches
3: Transverse section of oral arm with brood pouches
4, 5: Transverse sections of brood pouches
a / b: brood pouches, d = digitella, ect = ectoderm, end = endoderm, G = arm groove, mes = mesogloea.
Date 1889 (published 1890)
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (vol. 1889 issue 4, plate LVII)
Author E.A.Minchin
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The common jellyfish, moon jellyfish, moon jelly, or saucer jelly (Aurelia aurita) is a widely studied species of the genus Aurelia. The moon jellyfish is translucent and can be recognized by its four horseshoe-shaped gonads, easily seen through the top of the bell. Aurelia aurita is found along the eastern Atlantic coast of Northern Europe and the western Atlantic coast of North America.