Semaeostomeae

Order Semaeostomeae L. Agassiz 1862

Characteristics of the Order (from Kramp 1961)

Scyphomedusae with umbrella margin cleft into lappets; without a coronal furrow and without pedalia; with (or without) hollow marginal tentacles and with marginal rhopalia; with a single central mouth opening provided with four large curtain-like or gelatinous lips; with gonads in sac-like folds of the endodermal wall of the subumbrella.

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Family (3)	Genus (19)	Species (63)	Collections
Cyaneidae L. Agassiz 1862	Cyanea Péron & Lesueur 1810	annasethe (Haeckel 1880)
		annaskala von Lendenfeld 1884	Tasmania (D,M), Victoria (D,M)
		buitendijki Stiasny 1919
		capillata (Linné 1758) *	Alaska (D), Norway (D)
		citrea (Kishinouye 1910)
		ferruginea Eschscholtz 1829
		fulva L. Agassiz 1862
		lamarcki Péron & Lesueur 1810
		mjöbergi Stiasny 1921
		muellerianthe Haacke 1887
		nozakii Kishinouye 1891
		postelsi Brandt 1838
		purpurea Kishinouye 1910
		rosea Quoy & Gaimard 1824	New South Wales(D,M)
	Desmonema L. Agassiz 1862	chierchianum Vanhöffen 1888
		comatum Larson 1986
		gaudichaudi (Lesson 1832) *
		glaciale Larson 1986
	Drymonema Haeckel 1880	dalmatinum Haeckel 1880 *
		gorgo F. Müller 1883
Pelagiidae Gegenbaur 1856	Chrysaora Péron & Lesueur 1810	achlyos Martin, Gershwin, Burnett, Cargo & Bloom 1997
		africana (Vanhöffen 1902)
		blossevillei Lesson 1830
		colorata (Russell 1964) Chrysaora colorata (Russell 1964) Monterey Bay Aquarium
		depressa (Kishinouye 1902)
		fulgida (Reynaud 1830)
		fuscescens Brandt 1835 Chrysaora fuscescens Brandt 1835 Monterey Bay Aquarium
		helvola Brandt 1838
		hysoscella (Linné 1766) *
		lactea Eschscholtz 1829  Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz 1829 Cananeia county, Brazil
		melanaster Brandt 1838
		pacifica (Goette 1886)
		plocamia (Lesson 1832)
		quinquecirrha (Desor 1848) Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Desor 1848) Bahrain
		spp.
	Pelagia Péron & Lesueur 1810	noctiluca (Forskål 1775) * Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål 1775) New Zealand More Pelagia images here.
	Sanderia Goette 1886	malayensis Goette 1886
Ulmaridae Haeckel 1879	Aurelia Péron & Lesueur 1810	aurita (Linné 1758) *	N. Europe (D), NE USA (D)
		coerulea von Lendenfeld 1884
		colpota Brandt 1838
		labiata Chamisso & Eysenhardt 1821
		limbata (Brandt 1835) - molecular "LIM"	Japan (D)
		maldivensis Bigelow 1904
		solida Browne 1905
		spp.
		sp. 1 (morphological, molecular) Aurelia sp.1 Long Beach, California, USA	California (D), France (D), Japan (D), New South Wales (D), Perth (D)
		sp. 2 (molecular)	Brazil (D)
		sp. 3 (morphological, molecular) Aurelia sp.3 Lake Tketau, Mecherchar, Palau	Palau
		sp. 4 (morphological, molecular) Aurelia sp.4 Big Jellyfish Lake, Koror, Palau	Palau (D, M), Kakaban (D), Hawaii (D)
		sp. 5 (molecular)	Mljet (D)
		sp. 6 (morphological, molecular)	Palau (D, M)
		sp. 7 (molecular)	Tasmania (D), New Zealand (D)
		sp. 8 (molecular)	Adriatic Sea (D), Red Sea
		sp. 9 (molecular)	Gulf of Mexico (D)
		sp. 10 (molecular) cf. limbata	Alaska (D)
		sp. 11 (molecular) Aurelia sp.11 Kwajalein, Marshall Islands	Kwajalein (D)
	Aurosa Haeckel 1880	furcata Haeckel 1880 *
	Deepstaria Russell 1967	enigmatica Russell 1967 *
		reticulum Larson, Madin & Harbison, 1988
	Discomedusa Claus 1877	Lobata Claus 1877 *
		philippina Mayer 1910
		sp. Moore 1949
	Diplulmaris Maas 1908	antarctica Maas 1908 *
		malayensis Stiasny 1935
	Floresca Haeckel 1880	parthenia Haeckel 1880 *
	Parumbrosa Kishinouye 1910	polylobata Kishinouye 1910 *
	Phacellophora Brandt 1835	camtschatica Brandt 1838 * Phacellophora camtschatica Brandt 1838	California (D)
	Poralia Vanhöffen 1902	rufescens Vanhöffen 1902 *
	Stellamedusa Raskoff and Matsumoto 2004	ventana Raskoff and Matsumoto 2004 * Stellamedusa ventana Raskoff and Matsumoto 2004 More Stellamedusa images here. See also MBARI S. ventana for more information.
	Sthenonia Eschscholtz 1829	albida Eschscholtz 1829 *
	Stygiomedusa Russell 1959	Gigantea (Browne 1910) *
	Tiburonia Matsumoto, Raskoff and Lindsay 2003	granrojo Matsumoto, Raskoff and Lindsay 2003 *
	Ulmaris Haeckel 1880	prototypus Haeckel 1880 *
		snelliusi Stiasny 1935

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Compiled by M.N Dawson, G. Jarms, A.C. Morandini, F. Pagès. Update pending.