Mastigiidae

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

Mastigiidae
Phyllorhiza punctata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Scyphozoa
Order:	Rhizostomeae
Suborder:	Kolpophorae
Family:	Mastigiidae Stiasny, 1921
Genera
3-4, see text

Genera

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

• Mastigias
• Mastigietta
• Phyllorhiza
• Versuriga – probably belongs in a separate monotypic family, Versurigidae.^[4]

References

1. "Mastigiidae". WoRMS. 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
4. Daly, Brugler, Cartwright, Collins, Dawson, Fautin, France, McFadden, Opresko, Rodriguez, Romano & Stake (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa 1668: 127–182.