Scientific Name: Aurelia maldivensis Bigelow, 1904
English Name: Moon jellyfish
Local/Bangla Name: Jellyfish (জেলিফিশ)

Photo: Morris PJ (2023)

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
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