common jellyfish

<em>Aurelia aurita</em>, commonly known as the common jellyfish or moon jellyfish, is a scyphozoan cnidarian in the family Ulmaridae. Its conservation status has not been formally evaluated by the IUCN. The species is recorded from Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and Sweden, and it is broadly distributed throughout temperate and tropical coastal marine environments worldwide. It typically inhabits open coastal waters, bays, and estuaries, where it drifts with ocean currents. Aurelia aurita is among the most widely studied jellyfish species and is known for periodic blooms in nutrient-enriched or warming coastal waters. Diet information for this species is not available in current records. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.