The Ulmaridae 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- ...
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Genera
Formerly, the genus ''
Phacellophora'' was also included in this family, but is now placed in the family Phacellophoridae.
[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
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Aurelia Aurelia may refer to:
People
* Version of feminine given name Aurélie
* Aurelia (mother of Caesar)
* Aurelia gens, a Roman family
* Aurelia Browder, American civil rights activist
* Astrud Aurelia, American drag queen
Science
* ''Aurelia'' (c ...
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moon jelly
''Aurelia'' is a genus of scyphozoan jellyfish, commonly called moon jellies. There are currently 25 accepted species and many that are still not formally described.
The genus was first described in 1816 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in his book ''H ...
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Aurosa''
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Deepstaria''
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Diplulmaris''
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Discomedusa''
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Floresca''
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Parumbrosa''
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Poralia''
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Stellamedusa''
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Sthenonia''
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Stygiomedusa (the giant phantom jelly)''
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Tiburonia
''Tiburonia'' is a genus of jellyfish in the family Ulmaridae. It was reported in 2003, following the discovery of its only species yet identified, ''Tiburonia granrojo''. It was discovered by a crew from MBARI led by George Matsumoto. Pieces of ...
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Ulmaris''
References
Semaeostomeae
Cnidarian families
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