Talk:Aurelia aurita

Copyright

Is this page a copyright problem? Rmhermen 19:48, Nov 25, 2003 (UTh

Referencing

What does "1-MND-2003, Aurelia sp. 2-MND-2003, Aurelia sp.3-MND-2003, Aurelia sp. 3-MND-2003, Aurelia sp. 4-MND-2003, and Aurelia sp. 5-MND-2003 (NCBI. 2003)." mean? RickK 03:28, Jun 13, 2004 (UTC)

Apparently, they are unnamed species in the genus Aurelia of the Ulmaridae family. Here's some "helpful" links:

• 1-MND-2003
• 2-MND-2003
• 3-MND-2003
• 4-MND-2003
• 5-MND-2003
• 6-MND-2003
• Ulmaridae family
• NCBI

I fail to see how this is helpful or relevant to this article, though, so I'm going to delete it. --Zawersh 12:16, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Picture

hi Need a decent picture. (but without breaking copyrights on the images! I agree with Rmhermen above) --BeckyAn 07:24, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Agressiveness

In the "Filtering Grid" section, the text claims that this jellyfish is extremely agressive, and that it will attack you if you come to close. This is highly inaccurate. They have never attacked me, and I have been close to them on several occasions, including holding them in my bare hand. Init 21:42, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

On second thought, I removed the offending text. Init 21:44, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

CMonkey111 16:25, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Hold on a second, someone actually thought that these were aggressive? I've also picked them up in my hand, on hundreds of occasions, as they are common at the Fort Adams State Beach in Newport, RI. If they were aggressive then the lifeguards would not have allowed people to swim when they were around the swimming area, which is pretty much most of the summer Doc Strange (talk) 04:11, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Commercial uses or ediblity?

ABC Brisbane says Aurelia aurita and Rhompilema esculenta are edible and gives recipes: [1] It might be good to add a section on commercial uses of jellyfish Drf5n (talk) 20:46, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

I don't believe that anyone processes Aurelia for food. Most (all?) of the jellyfish that are eaten are the thick, cartilaginous species known as rhizostomes, which includes Rhopilema esculenta. Aurelia dries down to an insubstantial membrane that isn't much. As a Chinese scientist once told me about eating jellyfish, "it's about the crunch" - Aurelia wouldn't crunch. Leuckartiara (talk) 08:41, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Salinity

In the distribution section it says "It has been found in waters with salinity as low as 3 ppt salinity, but is typically found only in water with salinity above 23 ppt" and this is followed by a reference. Having read the reference it doesn't say anything of the sort. The only mention of salinty in the reference says "They are known to live in brackish waters with as low a salt content as 0.6%". When I was at school 0.6% meant 6 parts per thousand, and the seawater article says "the vast majority of seawater has a salinity of between 3.1% and 3.8%", so where did 3 parts per thousand and 23 parts per thousand come from? Richerman (talk)

Merger discussion

See Talk:Aurelia_(genus) for a discussion on whether to merge this article with Aurelia (genus). Dohn joe (talk) 22:20, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Mucusy?

"It feeds by collecting medusae, plankton and mollusks with its mucusy bell nematocyst-laden tentacles and bringing the prey..."

I cannot find 'mucusy' in any dictionary and I guess it's a typo error for mucousy. As I don't remember whether this jelly's bell does feel mucousy or not, I refrain from editing the word. Anyway, the excerpted phrase is grammatically clumsy and incorrect and should be rewritten.--Mirrordor 18:53, 15 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mirrordor (talk • contribs)

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Picture of the day

The moon jelly (Aurelia aurita) is a widely studied species of jellyfish found throughout most of the world's oceans. It is translucent, usually about 25–40 cm (10–16 in) in diameter, and can be recognized by its four horseshoe-shaped gonads, easily seen through the bell. It is capable of only limited motion, and drifts with the current, even when swimming.Photo: Dante Alighieri

Citation and More Information

In the introduction, the information in the second paragraph does not have a citation. It does not correspond with the reference link that was mentioned above. Also some of the information are a little outdated. For example, reference #4 (1953), #5 (1996), #8 (1997), #9 (1966), #12 (1999), #14 (1988) and #17 (1993). There could be more information added to the introduction, explaining more about the jellyfish and their anatomy. Also more content could be added such as the stages of life for the Moon Jelly, their relations to humans, and their relation to ecology. Ginahan24 (talk) 00:05, 9 February 2017 (UTC)ginahan24

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Picture of the day

Aurelia aurita, popularly known as the moon jellyfish, is a widely studied species of the genus Aurelia. It is translucent, usually about 25–40 cm (10–16 in) in diameter, and can be recognized by its four horseshoe-shaped gonads, easily seen through the top of the bell. It feeds by collecting medusae, plankton, and mollusks with its tentacles, and bringing them into its body for digestion. Capable of only limited motion, it drifts with the current, even when swimming.Photograph: Alexander Vasenin

Distribution map

Although it is found almost worldwide, we should probably still have some kind of map up. I found one here, but someone would need to create a separate svg to avoid copyright problems HapHaxion _{(talk / contribs)} 06:07, 20 June 2017 (UTC)