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Ulmaridae

Ulmaridae
Moon jellyfish at Gota Sagher.JPG
Aurelia aurita
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Ulmaridae
Haeckel, 1879
Genera

See text

The Ulmaridae are a family of jellyfish.[1]

Genera

Diplulmaris antarctica from offshore of McMurdo Station, Ross Island.

Formerly, the genus Phacellophora was also included in this family, but is now placed in the family Phacellophoridae.[2]

  • Aurelia (includes the moon jelly)
  • Aurosa
  • Deepstaria
  • Diplulmaris
  • Discomedusa
  • Floresca
  • Parumbrosa
  • Poralia
  • Stellamedusa
  • Sthenonia
  • Stygiomedusa
  • Tiburonia
  • Ulmaris

References

  1. ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Family Ulmaridae". species-identification.org. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  2. ^ Straehler-Pohl, I., C. L. Widmer, and A. C. Morandini (2011). Characterizations of juvenile stages of some semaeostome Scyphozoa (Cnidaria), with recognition of a new family (Phacellophoridae). Zootaxa 2741: 1-37


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