Ulmaridae

Ulmaridae
	Aurelia aurita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Scyphozoa
Order:	Semaeostomeae
Family:	Ulmaridae; Haeckel, 1879
Genera
	See text

The Ulmaridae are a family of jellyfish, which includes the famous moon jellies, and other jellyfish with unique characteristics like Tiburonia Granrojo.

Genera[edit]

Formerly, the genus Phacellophora was also included in this family, but is now placed in the family Phacellophoridae.^[1]

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

References[edit]

^ 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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[1] 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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