Pelagiidae

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Rank Family		Scientific name Pelagiidae Higher classification Semaeostomeae Order Semaeostomeae

Lifespan Chrysaora fuscescens: 6 months Lower classifications Chrysaora, Pelagia noctiluca, Chrysaora fuscescens

The Pelagiidae are a family of jellyfish.

Genera

Chrysaora

Chrysaora achlyos Martin, Gershwin, Burnett, Cargo & Bloom 1997

Chrysaora africana (Vanhöffen 1902)

Chrysaora blossevillei Lesson 1830

Chrysaora colorata (Russell 1964)

Chrysaora caliparea (Reynaud 1830) [species inquirenda - Morandini & Marques (2010)]

Chrysaora depressa (Kishinouye 1902)

Chrysaora fulgida (Reynaud 1830)

Chrysaora fuscescens Brandt 1835

Chrysaora helvola Brandt 1838

Chrysaora hysoscella (Linné 1766)

Chrysaora kynthia Gershwin & Zeidler 2008 [nomen dubium - Morandini & Marques (2010)]

Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz 1829

Chrysaora melanaster Brandt 1838

Chrysaora pacifica (Goette 1886)

Chrysaora plocamia (Lesson 1832)

Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Desor 1848)

Chrysaora southcotti Gershwin & Zeidler 2008

Chrysaora wurlerra Gershwin & Zeidler 2008 [nomen dubium - Morandini & Marques (2010)]

Pelagia

Pelagia benovici (Piraino, Aglieri, Scorrano & Boero, 2014)

Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål 1775)

Sanderia

Sanderia malayensis Goette 1886

Sanderia pampinosus Gershwin & Zeidler 2008

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