Poles & OceansNot evaluated
Moon jellyfish
Aurelia aurita
A see-through jellyfish with four rings on its bell, found in seas all over the world.
- Weight
- About 95% water
- Size
- Up to 40 cm wide
- Lifespan
- About a year as an adult
- Top speed
- Drifts with the currents
- Diet
- Plankton
Where it lives
Three things to know
- It has no brain, no heart and no bones.
- Its sting is very weak to people.
- It starts life stuck to rocks as a tiny polyp.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Moon jellyfish—A 10-year-old kid40 kgNot well known
- Size
- Moon jellyfish40 cmA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe kid is about 3× as big as the moon jellyfish
- Top speed
- Moon jellyfish—A 10-year-old kid20 km/hToo slow to time
- Lifespan
- Moon jellyfish1 yrA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 80× as long as the moon jellyfish
Food chain
- Tiny algaeProducer
- Plankton
Moon jellyfishThis animal- Leatherback turtle