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Family: Ulmaridae



(See list of species below)


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38 species (see list below)
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Harvey-Clark, Chris

Circumglobal. This speci
Max. Length 50 cm WD
Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Aurelia aurita
[Moon jelly]
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Aurelia ayla
[]
No picture found
 
Aurelia cebimarensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 21 cm WD
 
Aurelia coerulea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 17 cm WD
 
Aurelia colpata
[]
No picture found
 
Aurelia columbia
[]
No picture found
 
Aurelia insularia
[]

Cowles, David

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 40 cm WD
Aurelia labiata Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821

Photo by Cowles, David
 
Aurelia labiata
[Pacific moon jelly]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm WD
 
Aurelia limbata
[Brownbranded moon jelly]
No picture found
 
Aurelia malayensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 25 cm WD
 
Aurelia maldivensis
[]

Jacobson, Pauline Walsh

Western Atlantic

Aurelia marginalis Agassiz, 1862

Photo by Jacobson, Pauline Walsh
 
Aurelia marginalis
[]
No picture found
 
Aurelia mianzani
[]
No picture found
 
Aurelia miyakei
[]
No picture found
 
Aurelia montyi
[]
No picture found
 
Aurelia mozambica
[]
No picture found
 
Aurelia pseudosolida
[]
No picture found
 
Aurelia rara
[]
No picture found
 
Aurelia smithsoniana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.5 cm WD
 
Aurelia solida
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8 cm WD
 
Aurosa furcata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 50 cm WD
 
Deepstaria enigmatica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 75 cm WD
 
Deepstaria reticulum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 18 cm WD
 
Diplulmaris antarctica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm WD
 
Diplulmaris malayensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15 cm WD
 
Discomedusa lobata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm WD
 
Discomedusa philippina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm WD
 
Floresca parthenia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16 cm WD
 
Parumbrosa polylobata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 60 cm WD
 
Phacellophora camtschatica
[Fried egg jellyfish]
No picture found

Max. Length 25 cm WD
 
Poralia rufescens
[]
No picture found
 
Santjordia pagesi
[]
No picture found
 
Stellamedusa ventana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 30 cm WD
 
Sthenonia albida
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 150 cm WD
 
Stygiomedusa gigantea
[]
No picture found
 
Tiburonia granrojo
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm WD
 
Ulmaris prototypus
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm WD
 
Ulmaris snelliusi
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Aurelia aurita Moon jelly Circumglobal. This speci 50 WD 1758
Aurelia ayla Circumglobal. This speci 2021
Aurelia cebimarensis Circumglobal. This speci 2021
Aurelia coerulea Indo-West Pacific. 21 WD 1884
Aurelia colpata South Africa and Malay Ar 17 WD 1838
Aurelia columbia South Africa and Malay Ar 2021
Aurelia insularia South Africa and Malay Ar 2021
Aurelia labiata Pacific moon jelly Pacific Ocean 40 WD 1821
Aurelia limbata Brownbranded moon jelly Northwest Atlantic, North 15 WD 1838
Aurelia malayensis Northwest Atlantic, North 2021
Aurelia maldivensis Western Indian Ocean 25 WD 1904
Aurelia marginalis Western Atlantic 1862
Aurelia mianzani Western Atlantic 2021
Aurelia miyakei Western Atlantic 2021
Aurelia montyi Western Atlantic 2021
Aurelia mozambica Western Atlantic 2021
Aurelia pseudosolida Western Atlantic 2022
Aurelia rara Western Atlantic 2021
Aurelia smithsoniana Western Atlantic 2021
Aurelia solida Atlantic Ocean and Indian 10.5 WD 1905
Aurosa furcata Eastern Indian Ocean 8 WD 1880
Deepstaria enigmatica Cosmopolitan 50 WD 1967
Deepstaria reticulum Arctic and Atlantic Ocean 75 WD 1988
Diplulmaris antarctica Southwest Atlantic and th 18 WD 1908
Diplulmaris malayensis Malay Archipelago. 3 WD 1935
Discomedusa lobata Northeast Atlantic and th 15 WD 1877
Discomedusa philippina Western Central Pacific 3 WD 1910
Floresca parthenia Indo-West Pacific 5 WD 1880
Parumbrosa polylobata Northwest Pacific 16 WD 1910
Phacellophora camtschatica Fried egg jellyfish Arctic. Pacific Ocean, At 60 WD 1835
Poralia rufescens Cosmopolitan. 25 WD 1902
Santjordia pagesi Northwest Pacific 2023
Stellamedusa ventana Eastern Central Pacific 2004
Sthenonia albida Northwest Pacific 30 WD 1829
Stygiomedusa gigantea Cosmopolitan. Polar to t 150 WD 1910
Tiburonia granrojo Pacific Ocean 2003
Ulmaris prototypus Southeast Atlantic 3 WD 1880
Ulmaris snelliusi Malay Archipelago. 2.5 WD 1935



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