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Aurelia aurita
Aurelia aurita, the moon jelly (Linnaeus, 1758), a scyphozoan jellyfish of the family Ulmaridae; most-studied gelatinous zooplankton, cryptic species complex, polyp-medusa life cycle, spring strobilation drives summer blooms.
Jellyfish Lake
Jellyfish Lake (Ongeim'l Tketau, OTM) is a 30 m deep stratified marine lake in Palau's Rock Islands, home to ~7 million golden jellyfish Mastigias papua etpisoni that migrate 1 km daily; the only Palau marine lake open to tourists, hit by 1998 and 2016 population crashes.
Lion's mane jellyfish
The lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is a large cold-water jellyfish of the boreal North Atlantic and North Pacific, widely described as the largest jellyfish known.
List of sequenced animal genomes
List of sequenced animal genomes: animal species with publicly available nuclear genome assemblies, first C. elegans (1998), 3,278 species by June 2021, now coordinated by the Earth BioGenome Project.
Nomura's jellyfish (エチゼンクラゲ)
Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai, エチゼンクラゲ), a giant rhizostome jellyfish of the East China and Yellow seas reaching 2 m and 200 kg, whose blooms clog nets and whose painful sting lacks an effective antidote.
Notable jellyfish species
Notable jellyfish species include the lion's mane, longest at about 30 m of tentacle, the 200 kg Nomura's jellyfish, the moon jelly, and Palau's golden jellyfish.