Hans Hillewaert, Belgien
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The moon jellyfish Aurelia solida is quite widespread and is pinkish and not bluish as caused by the light in the photo.
It has up to 22 tentacles, which are arranged slightly above the edge of the bell, with the tentacles it captures small zooplankton.
The four pink to purple, horseshoe-shaped gonads under the bell-shaped umbrella are especially visible.
The medusa has a round, thick, and up to 24 cm in diameter, salmon - light purple, wavy bell rim with eight marginal lobes and eight marginal sense organs.
Migration through the Suez Canal and shipping from the Indian Ocean appear to be the most conceivable sources of introduction and dispersal in the open waters of the Mediterranean.
Aurelia solida is a jellyfish of the open sea, only one record exists from a coastal lagoon in the Mediterranean, so most visitors to the Mediterranean are unlikely to see the animal.
It has up to 22 tentacles, which are arranged slightly above the edge of the bell, with the tentacles it captures small zooplankton.
The four pink to purple, horseshoe-shaped gonads under the bell-shaped umbrella are especially visible.
The medusa has a round, thick, and up to 24 cm in diameter, salmon - light purple, wavy bell rim with eight marginal lobes and eight marginal sense organs.
Migration through the Suez Canal and shipping from the Indian Ocean appear to be the most conceivable sources of introduction and dispersal in the open waters of the Mediterranean.
Aurelia solida is a jellyfish of the open sea, only one record exists from a coastal lagoon in the Mediterranean, so most visitors to the Mediterranean are unlikely to see the animal.
