Identification of Aurelia Sp

Systematic Position

Naming- Aurelia sp.

Phyulum- Cnidaria

     Class- Scyphozoa

        Order- Discomedusae

           Genus- Aurelia

1. Diploblastic animal with cnidoblast cell.

    Hence, Phylum- Cnideria

1. Presence of oral arms.

    Hence, Class- Scyphozoa

1. Square mouth.

    Hence, Order- Discomedusae

1. Pendent manubrium is surrounded by four long oral arms.

2. Highly branched radial canal.

3. Horse-shoe shaped gonads, endodermal in origin.

   

      Hence, the given specimen seems to be Aurelia sp.