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.

Semaeostomeae Species

Based largely on Kramp (1961), Mianzan & Cornelius (1999)

Collections: M = morphology, D = DNA, Type = *

Key:

Family (3)

• Genus (19)
  • Species (63)
    

Cyaneidae L. Agassiz 1862

Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål 1775)

(L. Agassiz 1862)

• Cyanea Péron & Lesueur 1810 
  • annasethe (Haeckel 1880) - Tasmania (D,M), Victoria (D,M)
  • annaskala von Lendenfeld 1884

| buitendijki Stiasny 1919 | align="left" |
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| capillata (Linné 1758) * | align="left" | Alaska (D), Norway (D) |- |
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| citrea (Kishinouye 1910) | align="left" |
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| ferruginea Eschscholtz 1829 | align="left" |
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| fulva L. Agassiz 1862 | align="left" |
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| lamarcki Péron & Lesueur 1810 | align="left" |
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| mjöbergi Stiasny 1921 | align="left" |
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| muellerianthe Haacke 1887 | align="left" |
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| nozakii Kishinouye 1891 | align="left" |
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| postelsi Brandt 1838 | align="left" |
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| purpurea Kishinouye 1910 | align="left" |
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| rosea Quoy & Gaimard 1824 | align="left" | New South Wales(D,M) |- |
| Desmonema L. Agassiz 1862 | chierchianum Vanhöffen 1888 | align="left" |
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| comatum Larson 1986 | align="left" |
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| gaudichaudi (Lesson 1832) * | align="left" |
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| glaciale Larson 1986 | align="left" |
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| Drymonema Haeckel 1880 | dalmatinum Haeckel 1880 * | align="left" |
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| gorgo F. Müller 1883 | align="left" |
|- | Pelagiidae Gegenbaur 1856 | Chrysaora Péron & Lesueur 1810 | achlyos Martin, Gershwin, Burnett, Cargo & Bloom 1997 | align="left" |
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| africana (Vanhöffen 1902) | align="left" |
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| blossevillei Lesson 1830 | align="left" |
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| colorata (Russell 1964)

Chrysaora colorata (Russell 1964) Monterey Bay Aquarium

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| depressa (Kishinouye 1902) | align="left" |
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| fulgida (Reynaud 1830) | align="left" |
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| fuscescens Brandt 1835

Chrysaora fuscescens Brandt 1835 Monterey Bay Aquarium

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| helvola Brandt 1838 | align="left" |
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| hysoscella (Linné 1766) * | align="left" |
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| lactea Eschscholtz 1829 

Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz 1829 Cananeia county, Brazil

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| melanaster Brandt 1838 | align="left" |
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| pacifica (Goette 1886) | align="left" |
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| plocamia (Lesson 1832) | align="left" |
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| quinquecirrha (Desor 1848)

Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Desor 1848) Bahrain

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| Pelagia Péron & Lesueur 1810 | noctiluca (Forskål 1775) *

Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål 1775) New Zealand

More Pelagia images here.

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| Sanderia Goette 1886 | malayensis Goette 1886 | align="left" |
|- | Ulmaridae Haeckel 1879 | Aurelia Péron & Lesueur 1810 | aurita (Linné 1758) * | align="left" | N. Europe (D), NE USA (D) |- |
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| coerulea von Lendenfeld 1884 | align="left" |
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| colpota Brandt 1838 | align="left" |
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| labiata Chamisso & Eysenhardt 1821 | align="left" |
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| limbata (Brandt 1835) - molecular "LIM" | align="left" | Japan (D) |- |
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| maldivensis Bigelow 1904 | align="left" |
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| solida Browne 1905 | align="left" |
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| sp. 1 (morphological, molecular)

Aurelia sp.1 Long Beach, California, USA

| align="left" | California (D), France (D), Japan (D), New South Wales (D), Perth (D) |- |
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| sp. 2 (molecular) | align="left" | Brazil (D) |- |
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| sp. 3 (morphological, molecular)

Aurelia sp.3 Lake Tketau, Mecherchar, Palau

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| sp. 4 (morphological, molecular)

Aurelia sp.4 Big Jellyfish Lake, Koror, Palau

| align="left" | Palau (D, M), Kakaban (D), Hawaii (D) |- |
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| sp. 5 (molecular) | align="left" | Mljet (D) |- |
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| sp. 6 (morphological, molecular) | align="left" | Palau (D, M) |- |
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| sp. 7 (molecular) | align="left" | Tasmania (D), New Zealand (D) |- |
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| sp. 8 (molecular) | align="left" | Adriatic Sea (D), Red Sea |- |
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| sp. 9 (molecular) | align="left" | Gulf of Mexico (D) |- |
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| sp. 10 (molecular) cf. limbata | align="left" | Alaska (D) |- |
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| sp. 11 (molecular)

Aurelia sp.11 Kwajalein, Marshall Islands

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| Aurosa Haeckel 1880 | furcata Haeckel 1880 * | align="left" |
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| Deepstaria Russell 1967 | enigmatica Russell 1967 * | align="left" |
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| reticulum Larson, Madin & Harbison, 1988 | align="left" |
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| Discomedusa Claus 1877 | Lobata Claus 1877 * | align="left" |
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| philippina Mayer 1910 | align="left" |
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| sp. Moore 1949 | align="left" |
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| Diplulmaris Maas 1908 | antarctica Maas 1908 * | align="left" |
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| malayensis Stiasny 1935 | align="left" |
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| Floresca Haeckel 1880 | parthenia Haeckel 1880 * | align="left" |
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| Parumbrosa Kishinouye 1910 | polylobata Kishinouye 1910 * | align="left" |
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| Phacellophora Brandt 1835

| camtschatica Brandt 1838 *

Phacellophora camtschatica Brandt 1838

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| Poralia Vanhöffen 1902 | rufescens Vanhöffen 1902 * | align="left" |
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| 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.

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| Sthenonia Eschscholtz 1829 | albida Eschscholtz 1829 * | align="left" |
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| Stygiomedusa Russell 1959 | Gigantea (Browne 1910) * | align="left" |
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| Tiburonia Matsumoto, Raskoff and Lindsay 2003 |

granrojo Matsumoto, Raskoff and Lindsay 2003 *

Tiburonia granrojo Matsumoto, Raskoff and Lindsay 2003

Tiburonia granrojo Matsumoto, Raskoff and Lindsay 2003

Photographs courtesy of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

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| Ulmaris Haeckel 1880 | prototypus Haeckel 1880 * | align="left" |
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| snelliusi Stiasny 1935 | align="left" |
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Please see Zoo Bank [1] for more information.

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