Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Scyphozoa > Subclass Discomedusae > Order Semaeostomeae

Ulmaridae Haeckel, 1880

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aureliinae Agassiz, 1862
Deepstariinae Larson, 1986
Poraliinae Larson, 1986
Stygiomedusinae Russell & Rees, 1960
Ulmarinae Kramp, 1961

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Ulmarid

Japanese: ミズクラゲ科

Literature

original description	Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 2: 361-672, plates 21-40.
basis of record	Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 111
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Ulmaridae Haeckel, 1880. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135241

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Ulmaridae Haeckel, 1880. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bcffd07a-eaac-4bad-ad0e-c45f51c7a818