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Aequorea victoria

Cnidarians

Aequorea victoria, also called the crystal jelly, is a bioluminescent hydrozoan jellyfish found off the west coast of North America, from the Bering Sea to southern California, with particular abundance in Puget Sound. It is almost entirely transparent and colorless, with up to 150 tentacles and roughly 100 radial canals in mature individuals. The species is best known as the natural source of two proteins central to modern biology, the photoprotein aequorin and green fluorescent protein, both involved in its bioluminescence; the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein as a laboratory tool earned Osamu Shimomura and colleagues the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 2
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Scientific Name
Aequorea victoria 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Hydrozoa, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Aequorea victoria

In Biome

Open Ocean, Biomes
Source Aequorea victoria (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Aequorea victoria (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    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.
  • Wikidata Q133055 (P225 taxon name)
  • Lead
    Aequorea victoria is an intraguild predator, it preys upon other gelatinous zooplankton which compete for the same prey, this plays a significant role in the population dynamics of planktonic food webs (Purcell, 1991).
  • In Biome: Open Ocean, Habitat: Open Ocean
    The medusa part of the life cycle is a pelagic organism, which is budded off a bottom-living polyp in late spring.
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2. NatureServe Explorer: Aequorea victoria
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Hydrozoa
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 39
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 39
"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Cnidaria","class":"Hydrozoa","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Hydres, Coraux De Feu, Physalies","language":"FR"},{"name":"Sea Ferns, Fire Corals And Stinging Medusae","language":"EN"},{"name":"Hidroides, Corales De Fuego, Medusas Urticantes","language":"ES"},{"name":"水螅纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Aequorea victoria
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2267514, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2267514, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Wikidata: Aequorea victoria
Child Taxon Of: Hydrozoa, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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