Cnidaria:
Scientific Name: Aurelia Aurita Class: Scyphozoa Description of Habitat: They have four horseshoe shape gonads at the top of the crown that makes the name of the jelly. They live everywhere in the ocean but mostly live in warm waters. They eat on mollusks and planktons. They have a very large stomach so that allows them to eat big amounts of food. The tentacles help the jellies by capturing and using the powerful boxing that immobilizes the prey long enough for the jelly to swallows it.
Facts: Moon jellies are 95% water, they have a soft bodied and lack a skeleton. They can sting even when they are dead. They also die after they reproduce.
Endangered: They are not endangered
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Human Impact: The human impact on the jellies are that the toxics in the water. The water get so nasty from all of the waste we put in the water. Also all of the ships that are getting imported in and out of the shipping yards are messing with their waters. They can't live somewhere were the waters are always moving.
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Sources:
1) www.bioexpedition.com/moon-jellyfish/
2) www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-jellyfish-67987765/
3) www.j.whyville.net/smmk/reef/journalFishDetails?id=44
4) www.ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/photos/ocean-jellyfish/#/jellyfish02-moon-jellyfish_17906_600x450.jpg
5) www.factzoo.com/invertebrates/moon-jelly-visible-gonads-head.html
6) www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/CooperES/Teacher_Websites/Watson_Web/5th_marine_biology_tuesday/Alexismarinebio.html
7) www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1eE6R4aka8
1) www.bioexpedition.com/moon-jellyfish/
2) www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-jellyfish-67987765/
3) www.j.whyville.net/smmk/reef/journalFishDetails?id=44
4) www.ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/photos/ocean-jellyfish/#/jellyfish02-moon-jellyfish_17906_600x450.jpg
5) www.factzoo.com/invertebrates/moon-jelly-visible-gonads-head.html
6) www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/CooperES/Teacher_Websites/Watson_Web/5th_marine_biology_tuesday/Alexismarinebio.html
7) www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1eE6R4aka8