The Pelagiidae are a family of

jellyfish Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella- ...

. Members of the family ''Pelagiidae'' have no ring canal, and the marginal tentacles arise from umbrella margin.

Genera

There are four genera currently recognized: *Genus ''

Chrysaora ''Chrysaora'' () is a genus of jellyfish, commonly called the sea nettles, in the family Pelagiidae. The origin of the genus name ''Chrysaora'' lies in Greek mythology with Chrysaor, brother of Pegasus and son of Poseidon and Medusa. Translated ...

'' – (14 species) *Genus '' Mawia'' – ''

Mawia benovici ''Mawia'' is a genus of jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae. It is a Monotypic taxon, monotypic genus with the sole species ''Mawia benovici''. The team who discovered this jellyfish named it ''benovici'' after a late colleague, Adam Benovic. Alth ...

'' *Genus ''

Pelagia Pelagia ( grc-gre, Πελαγία), distinguished as Pelagia of Antioch, Pelagia the Penitent, and Pelagia the Harlot, was a Christian saint and hermit in the 4th or 5th century. Her feast day was celebrated on 8 October, originally in common wi ...

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Pelagia noctiluca ''Pelagia noctiluca'' is a jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae and the only currently recognized species in the genus ''Pelagia''. It is typically known in English as the mauve stinger, but other common names are purple-striped jelly (causing pot ...

'' *Genus '' Sanderia'' – (2 species)

References

Cnidarian families Semaeostomeae {{Scyphozoa-stub