Mastigiidae

Mastigiidae
Phyllorhiza punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Scyphozoa
Order:Rhizostomeae
Suborder:Kolpophorae
Family:Mastigiidae
Stiasny, 1921
Genera

5, see text

Mastigiidae is a family of true jellyfish.[1] The family is native to the Indo-Pacific, but a species of Mastigias has been introductions to the West Atlantic, and Phyllorhiza punctata has been introduced to the West Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.[2][3]

Genera

According to the World Register of Marine Species, this family includes 4 genera:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS. "Mastigiidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ↑ Bayha, K. M., and W. M. Graham (2011). First confirmed reports of the rhizostome jellyfish Mastigias (Cnidaria: Rhizostomeae) in the Atlantic basin. Aquatic Invasions 6(3): 361–366
  3. ↑ Cevik, C., O. B. Derici1, F. Cevik and L. Cavas (2011). First record of Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Mastigiidae) from Turkey. Aquatic Invasions 6(1): S27–S28


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