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Aurelia Aurita Collection

The ethereal beauty of the Moon jellyfish, scientifically known as Aurelia aurita, is captured in these stunning images

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish

Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), close-up. This jellyfish, also known as the common jellyfish, is found in coastal waters throughout the world. Photographed in the White Sea, Russia

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jelly (Aurelia aurita) drifts over a coral reef. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Moon jelly (Aurelia aurita) drifts over a coral reef. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Swarm of Common / Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)in sea loch, Isle of Mull, Scotland. June

Swarm of Common / Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)in sea loch, Isle of Mull, Scotland. June. Digitally stitched panorama

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Crested sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) hiding in smack of Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)

Crested sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) hiding in smack of Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Smack of Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Smack of Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) preying upon smack of Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)

Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) preying upon smack of Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Crested sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) hiding in smack of Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)

Crested sculpin (Blepsias bilobus) hiding in smack of Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, Pacific Ocean

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Aggregation / bloom / swarm of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) in the clear waters of Loch Na Keal

Aggregation / bloom / swarm of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) in the clear waters of Loch Na Keal, off the Isle of Mull, north west Scotland, UK, June, Photographed through the surface

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Underwater View Of A Moon Jellyfish, British Columbia, Canada

Underwater View Of A Moon Jellyfish, British Columbia, Canada

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish C015 / 7675

Moon jellyfish C015 / 7675
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), close up. This jellyfish, also known as the common jellyfish, is found in coastal waters throughout the world. Photographed in the White Sea, Russia

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish sex glands

Moon jellyfish sex glands. Close up of the sex glands of an ephyra medusa of the cnidarian Aurelia aurita. Medusae are the sexually mature

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Saucer jelly (Aurelia aurita), illustration

Saucer jelly (Aurelia aurita), illustration
Zoology - Cnidarians - Scyphozoans - Saucer jelly (Aurelia aurita), illustration

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish bloom (Aurelia aurita), Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States of America

Moon jellyfish bloom (Aurelia aurita), Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Aurelia aurita, jellyfish model

Aurelia aurita, jellyfish model
A glass model of a jellyfish, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: USA, Tennessee, Chattanooga. Moon jellyfish in aquarium

USA, Tennessee, Chattanooga. Moon jellyfish in aquarium. Credit as: Don Grall / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Visible bioluminescence shows this moon jellyfish clearly

Visible bioluminescence shows this moon jellyfish clearly

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Detailed and bright biluminescence of this moon jelly fish

Detailed and bright biluminescence of this moon jelly fish

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jelly -Aurelia aurita-, here a mutation with seven gonads instead of four, Black Sea, Crimea

Moon jelly -Aurelia aurita-, here a mutation with seven gonads instead of four, Black Sea, Crimea, Ukraine

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon Jellyfish, Saucer Jelly -Aurelia aurita-, genetic mutation with seven gonads instead of four

Moon Jellyfish, Saucer Jelly -Aurelia aurita-, genetic mutation with seven gonads instead of four, Black Sea, Crimea, Ukraine

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Common jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) underwater, close-up

Common jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) underwater, close-up

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish C015 / 7674

Moon jellyfish C015 / 7674
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). This jellyfish, also known as the common jellyfish, is found in coastal waters throughout the world. Photographed in the White Sea, Russia

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish C015 / 7620

Moon jellyfish C015 / 7620
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). This jellyfish, also known as the common jellyfish, is found in coastal waters throughout the world. Photographed in the White Sea, Russia

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish C015 / 7627

Moon jellyfish C015 / 7627
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). This jellyfish, also known as the common jellyfish, is found in coastal waters throughout the world. Photographed in the White Sea, Russia

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish C015 / 7570

Moon jellyfish C015 / 7570
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). This jellyfish, also known as the common jellyfish, is found in coastal waters throughout the world. Photographed in the White Sea, Russia

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish rhopalium

Moon jellyfish rhopalium
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) rhopalium. This jellyfish, also known as the common jellyfish, is found in coastal waters throughout the world

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish C018 / 2549

Moon jellyfish C018 / 2549
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). These jellyfish, also known as the common jellyfish, are found in coastal waters throughout the world

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish C018 / 2545

Moon jellyfish C018 / 2545
Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). These jellyfish, also known as the common jellyfish, are found in coastal waters throughout the world

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon Jellyfish - Children looking at jellyfish - Monterey Bay Aquarium - CA - *Captive

Moon Jellyfish - Children looking at jellyfish - Monterey Bay Aquarium - CA - *Captive
SE-1776 Moon Jellyfish - Children looking at jellyfish Monterey Bay Aquarium - California Aurelia aurita Monterey Bay Aquarium - California Suzi Eszterhas contact details: prints@ardea.com tel

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon Jellyfish - Monterey Bay Aquarium - CA - *Captive

Moon Jellyfish - Monterey Bay Aquarium - CA - *Captive
SE-1777 Moon Jellyfish Monterey Bay Aquarium - California Aurelia aurita Monterey Bay Aquarium - California Suzi Eszterhas contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Ephyra stage of Aurelia jellyfish

Ephyra stage of Aurelia jellyfish
Ephyra stage of an Aurelia jellyfish, light micrograph. This ephyra is a life stage of the common jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). The ephyra has eight arms, the tips of which are called lappets

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Common jellyfish

Common jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). This jellyfish, also known as the moon jellyfish, is found in waters throughout the world, mostly near coasts. It grows up to 40 centimetres in diameter

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Jellyfish, 1895

Jellyfish, 1895. Drawing of an assortment of jellyfishes. From top: white Moon jelly (Aurelia aurita), long-tentacled Sea Nettle jelly (Chrysaora sp.), box-shaped Box jelly (Carybdea marsupialis)

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Amphipods inside a moon jellyfish

Amphipods inside a moon jellyfish
Amphipods inside a jellyfish. Small crustaceans (Hyperia galba) inside the domed body of a moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Amphipod inside a moon jellyfish

Amphipod inside a moon jellyfish
Amphipod inside a jellyfish. Small crustacean (Hyperia galba) inside the domed body of a moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita). This jellyfish, also known as the common jellyfish

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon jellyfish tentacles

Moon jellyfish tentacles. Close-up of the tentacles of an ephyra medusa of the cnidarian Aurelia aurita. Medusae are the free-swimming larval stage of cnidarians and are commonly known as jellyfish

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon Jellyfish ( Aurelia sp. Aurita ) captured in natural light with a small fish caught in its

Moon Jellyfish ( Aurelia sp. Aurita ) captured in natural light with a small fish caught in its stingers. dahab
Joe Graham / SplashdownDirect

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) open water view clearly showing markings

Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) open water view clearly showing markings and underside of jellyfish, St Abbs, Scotland
Lawson Wood / SplashdownDirect

Background imageAurelia Aurita Collection: Moon Jellyfish ( Aurelia sp. Aurita ) taken in natural light. Dahab. Egypt

Moon Jellyfish ( Aurelia sp. Aurita ) taken in natural light. Dahab. Egypt
Joe Graham / SplashdownDirect



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The ethereal beauty of the Moon jellyfish, scientifically known as Aurelia aurita, is captured in these stunning images. From the crystal-clear waters of Grand Cayman's coral reef to the icy depths of Prince William Sound in Alaska, these graceful creatures drift effortlessly through their oceanic homes. In one mesmerizing shot, a Crested sculpin finds refuge amidst a smack of Moon jellyfish, blending seamlessly with their translucent bodies. This symbiotic relationship showcases nature's ability to create harmony even within its most diverse ecosystems. However, not all encounters are peaceful. The regal Lion's mane jellyfish preys upon the unsuspecting Aurelia aurita, showcasing the harsh reality of survival in the wild. Yet amidst this struggle for existence lies an undeniable sense of wonder and awe at nature's intricate web. Loch Na Keal provides a picturesque backdrop for an aggregation or bloom - some may even call it a swarm - of Moon Jellyfish. Their sheer numbers create an otherworldly spectacle that captivates both scientists and casual observers alike. Even beyond their natural habitats, these enchanting creatures continue to fascinate us. At Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, visitors can marvel at life-sized models that showcase every delicate detail of Aurelia aurita's structure and grace. Whether they are drifting over vibrant coral reefs or captivating audiences at aquariums worldwide, Moon jellyfish remind us that there is still so much left to discover beneath our planet's surface. These captivating beings serve as ambassadors for our oceans' fragile ecosystems and inspire us to protect them for generations to come.