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title: "Common Moon Jelly"
description: "Aurelia aurita — Other animals. Aurelia aurita (also called the common jellyfish, moon jellyfish, moon jelly, northern moon jelly or saucer jelly) is a species of true jellyfish in the family Ulmaridae and the type species of its genus, Aurelia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-moon-jelly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Moon Jelly

> Aurelia aurita — Other animals. Aurelia aurita (also called the common jellyfish, moon jellyfish, moon jelly, northern moon jelly or saucer jelly) is a species of true jellyfish in the family Ulmaridae and the type species of its genus, Aurelia.

- Scientific name: *Aurelia aurita*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 10976
- Wikidata: [Q26864](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26864)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48328](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48328)

## Names

- en: Common Moon Jelly
- de: Ohrenqualle
- es: Medusa boca de bandera
- fr: Aurélie
- nl: Oorkwal
- pt: Medusa-da-lua
- pl: Chełbia modra

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1671), SE (708), DK (687), DE (622), NL (490), PL (442), IE (320), RU (244), TR (218), NO (213), FI (187), US (179)

## Summary

Aurelia aurita (also called the common jellyfish, moon jellyfish, moon jelly, northern moon jelly or saucer jelly) is a species of true jellyfish in the family Ulmaridae and the type species of its genus, Aurelia. Before the 2020s, the species was considered cosmopolitan, but the taxon has since been split into at least 28 species. The species now identified as A. aurita is only found in the north Atlantic and in Argentina, and is not dangerous to humans.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelia_aurita

## Photo

![Common Moon Jelly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-moon-jelly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175805603

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-moon-jelly?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).