Ulmaridae

Ulmaridae

Aurelia aurita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Scyphozoa
Order:	Semaeostomeae
Family:	Ulmaridae Haeckel, 1879

Ulmaridae is a family of jellyfish.

Genera

Diplulmaris antarctica from offshore of McMurdo Station, Ross Island.

In addition to the genera listed below, the genus Phacellophora has traditionally been included in this family, but it is now placed in a separate family, Phacellophoridae.^[1]

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

References

↑ 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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