Moon jelly fish , Aurelia aurita, at night, from the Baltic Sea, Denmark.
The genus Aurelia is found throughout the world's oceans,with a preference of water temperatures ranging from 6 to 19 degree Celsius. They drift through the water feeding on plankton, including smaller crustaceans, mollusk larvae, fish eggs etc. These jellyfish are easy to identify by their four horseshoe-shaped gonads, easily seen through the top of the bell. They can grow up to about 25–40 cm (10–16 in) in diameter.
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Location: Lillebaelt, Kongeborgaarden, Denmark
Photo credit: © Rasmus Loeth Petersen / Alamy / Afripics
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