Nausithoe aurea

{{Short description|Species of jellyfish}}

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| taxon = Nausithoe aurea

| authority = da Silveira and Morandini, 1997

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Nausithoe aurea, also known as the Nausithoe maculata, is a species of crown jellyfish found off the southeastern coast of Brazil.{{Cite journal |last1=Molinari |first1=Clarissa Garbi |last2=Maronna |first2=Maximiliano Manuel |last3=Morandini |first3=André Carrara |date=2020-11-04 |title=New record of Nausithoe werneri (Scyphozoa, Coronatae, Nausithoidae) from the Brazilian coast and a new synonymy for Nausithoe maculata |journal=ZooKeys |issue=984 |pages=1–21 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.984.56380 |issn=1313-2970 |pmc=7658188 |pmid=33223866|doi-access=free }} The central disc has been measured to be 10.5 mm. N. aurea is transparent with yellow and brown spots located around the gonads.{{cite web|url=http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=zsao&id=2421|title=Nausithoe aurea|work=Marine Species Identification Portal|accessdate=12 May 2010}} N. aurea can reproduce either asexually by strobilation or sexually.{{cite journal|last=Morandini|first=André C.|author2=Fábio L. da Silveira|year=2001|title=Sexual Reproduction of Nausithoe aurea. Gametogenesis, egg release, embryonic development, and gastrulation.|journal=Scientia Marina|volume=65|issue=2|pages=139–149|doi=10.3989/scimar.2001.65n2139|doi-access=free}} Either ephyrae or planuloids may be produced by strobilation; only ephyrae can produce the medusal form.{{cite journal|last=Stampar|first=Sérgio N.|author2=Fábio Lang da Silveira |author3=André C. Morandini |doi=10.1590/S1679-87592007000300007 |date=July–September 2007|title=Asexual reproduction of Nausithoe aurea (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa, Coronatae) induced by sterile polystyrene dishes|journal=Brazilian Journal of Oceanography|location=São Paulo|volume=55|issue=3|pages=231–233|issn=1679-8759|doi-access=free}} Strobilation can be induced to occur when food is abundant. In polyps, a large availability of food leads to strobilation if it is not regulated.{{cite journal|last=Stampar|first=Sergio N.|author2=Fábio L. da Silveira|year=2006|title=The survival of Nausithoe aurea Silveira & Morandini, 1997 under extended periods of starvation|journal=Investigaciones Marinas|location=Valparaíso|volume=34|issue=2|pages=3–8|url=http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/imar/v34n2/art01.pdf|accessdate=13 May 2010|doi=10.4067/s0717-71782006000200001|doi-access=free}} N. aurea species usually take more than 20 weeks to begin the differentiation and development of reproductive organs.