Species
Aequorea victoria (Victoria's crystal jelly)
Aequorea victoria. Photo: (c) Karolle Wall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Aequorea victoria, also sometimes called the crystal jelly, is a bioluminescent hydrozoan jellyfish, or hydromedusa, that is found off the west coast of North America.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
- Class: Hydrozoa (Hydrozoans)
- Subclass: Hydroidolina (Hydroids)
- Order: Leptothecata (Thecate hydroids)
- Family: Aequoreidae (Many-ribbed jellies)
- Genus: Aequorea (Crystal jellies)
- Species: Aequorea victoria (Victoria's crystal jelly)
- Genus: Aequorea (Crystal jellies)
- Family: Aequoreidae (Many-ribbed jellies)
- Order: Leptothecata (Thecate hydroids)
- Subclass: Hydroidolina (Hydroids)
- Class: Hydrozoa (Hydrozoans)
- Phylum: Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Sightings
