Aequorea victoria: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the aequorea victoria lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Aequorea victoria
Group	Jellyfish, corals & anemones
Found in	3 countries
Continents	North America, Oceania
Class	Cnidarian
Order	Leptothecata
Family	Aequoreidae

Where does the aequorea victoria live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the aequorea victoria in 3 countries and territories across North America and Oceania.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the aequorea victoria?

The aequorea victoria (Aequorea victoria) is a cnidarian in the order Leptothecata and the family Aequoreidae, genus Aequorea. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the aequorea victoria

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.

The species is best known as the source of aequorin (a photoprotein), and green fluorescent protein (GFP); two proteins involved in bioluminescence. Their discoverers, Osamu Shimomura and colleagues, won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on GFP.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Aequorea victoria (revision 1316487856), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q133055 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).