Mastigiidae is a family of

true jellyfish The Scyphozoa are an exclusively marine class of the phylum Cnidaria, referred to as the true jellyfish (or "true jellies"). The class name Scyphozoa comes from the Greek word ''skyphos'' (), denoting a kind of drinking cup and alluding to the ...

. The family is native to the Indo-Pacific, but a species of ''

Mastigias ''Mastigias'' is a genus of true jellyfish in the family Mastigiidae. It contains seven described species. Members of this genus are found widely in coastal regions of the Indo-Pacific, including saline lakes of Palau (e.g., Jellyfish Lake), bu ...

'' has been introduced to the West Atlantic, and ''

Phyllorhiza punctata ''Phyllorhiza punctata'' is a species of jellyfish, also known as the floating bell, Australian spotted jellyfish, brown jellyfish or the white-spotted jellyfish. It is native to the western Pacific from Australia to Japan, but has been intro ...

'' has been introduced to the West Atlantic and

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.Cevik, C., O. B. Derici1, F. Cevik and L. Cavas (2011). ''First record of Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Mastigiidae) from Turkey.'' Aquatic Invasions 6(1): S27–S28

Genera

According to the ''

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'', this family includes 4 genera: * ''

'' * '' Mastigietta'' * '' Phyllorhiza'' * '' Versuriga'' – probably belongs in a separate

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family, Versurigidae.Daly, Brugler, Cartwright, Collins, Dawson, Fautin, France, McFadden, Opresko, Rodriguez, Romano & Stake (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa 1668: 127–182.

References

Kolpophorae Cnidarian families {{Scyphozoa-stub