Aurelia labiata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
Pacific moon jelly
Aurelia labiata
photo by Cowles, David

Family:  Ulmaridae (), subfamily: Aureliinae
Max. size:  40 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; marine
Distribution:  Pacific Ocean: Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, Philippines and USA.
Diagnosis:  Up to 30 cm wide, with 16 marginal lobes divided by more or less deep median clefts; canal system has may anastomoses; mouth-arms fairly short, thick, pyramidal, somewhat folded; subgenital ostia small. Color yellowish or light violet.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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