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Scientific Name: Aurelia maldivensis Bigelow, 1904
English Name: Moon jellyfish
Local/Bangla Name: Jellyfish (জেলিফিশ)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Ulmaridae
Description:
The bell of Aurelia maldivensis takes on a disc-shaped form with a very solid and rather thick consistency. The color of the bell is violet. The oral arms are large and curtain-like, with complexly folded lips and numerous short, pinkish-violet tentacles. There are eight wide marginal lobes, each with a very slight central depression. Both the eight rhopalar and the eight ad-radial canals are unbranched, while the outer canals are branched with occasional anastomoses.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Saint martin’s island
Environment:
Marine
Main References:

Kabir SMH, Ahmed M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (EDS.) (2008) Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh. Protozoa-Gastrotricha. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Vol.14, 335 pp.

Other References:

Hwai ATS, Peng CTC, Nilamani N, Yasin Z (2019) Harmful jellyfish country report in Western Pacific. Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.

Harvard University M, Morris P J (2023). Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Version 162.386. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/p5rupv accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-08-27. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/699113169

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