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Family: Ulmaridae (See list of species below)

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22 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Aurelia aurita [Moon jelly]	No picture found Aurelia coerulea []	Aurelia labiata [Pacific moon jelly]
No picture found Aurelia limbata [Brownbranded moon jelly]	No picture found Aurelia maldivensis []	Aurelia marginalis []
No picture found Aurelia solida []	No picture found Aurosa furcata []	No picture found Deepstaria enigmatica []
No picture found Deepstaria reticulum []	No picture found Diplulmaris antarctica []	No picture found Discomedusa lobata []
No picture found Discomedusa philippina []	No picture found Floresca parthenia []	No picture found Parumbrosa polylobata []
No picture found Phacellophora camtschatica [Fried egg jellyfish]	No picture found Poralia rufescens []	No picture found Stellamedusa ventana []
No picture found Sthenonia albida []	No picture found Stygiomedusa gigantea []	No picture found Tiburonia granrojo []
No picture found Ulmaris prototypus []

22 Species of Family Ulmaridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aurelia aurita	Moon jelly	Circumglobal. This speci	50 WD
Aurelia coerulea		Indo-West Pacific.	21 WD
Aurelia labiata	Pacific moon jelly	Pacific Ocean	40 WD
Aurelia limbata	Brownbranded moon jelly	Northwest Atlantic, North	15 WD
Aurelia maldivensis		Western Indian Ocean	25 WD
Aurelia marginalis		Western Atlantic
Aurelia solida		Atlantic Ocean and Indian	10.5 WD
Aurosa furcata		Eastern Indian Ocean	8 WD
Deepstaria enigmatica		Cosmopolitan	50 WD
Deepstaria reticulum		Arctic and Atlantic Ocean	75 WD
Diplulmaris antarctica		Southwest Atlantic and th	18 WD
Discomedusa lobata		Northeast Atlantic and th	15 WD
Discomedusa philippina		Western Central Pacific	3 WD
Floresca parthenia		Indo-West Pacific	5 WD
Parumbrosa polylobata		Northwest Pacific	16 WD
Phacellophora camtschatica	Fried egg jellyfish	Arctic. Pacific Ocean, At	60 WD
Poralia rufescens		Cosmopolitan.	25 WD
Stellamedusa ventana		Eastern Central Pacific
Sthenonia albida		Northwest Pacific	30 WD
Stygiomedusa gigantea		Cosmopolitan. Polar to t	150 WD
Tiburonia granrojo		Pacific Ocean
Ulmaris prototypus		Southeast Atlantic	3 WD

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