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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Based largely on Kramp (1961), Mianzan & Cornelius (1999), Gershwin (2001), Dawson (2003) Collections: M = morphology, D = DNA. Type = *

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)
		depressa (Kishinouye 1902)
		fulgida (Reynaud 1830)
		fuscescens Brandt 1835
		helvola Brandt 1838
		hysoscella (Linné 1766) *
		lactea Eschscholtz 1829
		melanaster Brandt 1838
		pacifica (Goette 1886)
		plocamia (Lesson 1832)
		quinquecirrha (Desor 1848)
		spp.
	Pelagia Péron & Lesueur 1810	noctiluca (Forskål 1775) *
	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)	California (D), France (D), Japan (D), New South Wales (D), Perth (D)
		sp. 2 (molecular)	Brazil (D)
		sp. 3 (morphological, molecular)	Palau
		sp. 4 (morphological, molecular)	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)	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 *	California (D)
	Poralia Vanhöffen 1902	rufescens Vanhöffen 1902 *
	Stellamedusa Raskoff and Matsumoto 2004	ventana Raskoff and Matsumoto 2004 *
	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

Please see Zoo Bank [1] for more information.

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

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