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
  • 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

• 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"
  • maldivensis Bigelow 1904
  • solida Browne 1905
  • 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)
  • sp. 3 (morphological, molecular)
    

    Aurelia sp.3 Lake Tketau, Mecherchar, Palau
  • sp. 4 (morphological, molecular)
    

    Aurelia sp.4 Big Jellyfish Lake, Koror, Palau
  • sp. 5 (molecular)
  • sp. 6 (morphological, molecular)
  • sp. 7 (molecular)
  • sp. 8 (molecular)
  • sp. 9 (molecular)
  • sp. 10 (molecular) cf. limbata
  • sp. 11 (molecular)
    

    Aurelia sp.11 Kwajalein, Marshall Islands

• 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

• 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 *
    

    Tiburonia granrojo Matsumoto, Raskoff and Lindsay 2003
    

    Tiburonia granrojo Matsumoto, Raskoff and Lindsay 2003
    Photographs courtesy of Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
    

• Ulmaris Haeckel 1880
  • prototypus Haeckel 1880 *
  • snelliusi Stiasny 1935 - Please see Zoo Bank [1] for more information.

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