Moon Jellyfish

Not evaluated.
Categories and criteria of the IUCN Red List:

During its first years of life, it is a polyp on seabeds and rocks. Then it turns into a moving jellyfish.

It can become an invasive species when it reproduces in an exaggerated manner, due to the water temperature or pollution.

A neon protein was developed from this jellyfish species, which is used in biotechnological research.

It is a marine invertebrate that, in its stage as a free-swimming jellyfish, has a bell-shaped body that has hanging tentacles with stinging cells.

If feeds on plankton, mollusks, fish eggs, small fish and smaller jellyfish.