Ulmaridae Explained

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

Genera

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

Notes and References

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