Pelagiidae Gegenbaur, 1856

Morandini, André C., Da, Fábio L., Silveira & Cornelius, Paul F. S., 2006, Redescription of Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from the Brazilian coast, with designation of a neotype, Zootaxa 1135, pp. 29-48 : 31

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.171956
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6262543
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03902B14-8929-D761-6A1D-F36BF705FCB2
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scientific name	Pelagiidae Gegenbaur, 1856
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Family Pelagiidae Gegenbaur, 1856 View in CoL

Scyphomedusae with eight or 16 marginal sense organs (rhopalia); adults with tentacles on umbrella margin located in clefts between the marginal lappets; with gastrovascular space divided by radial septa into separate unbranched stomach pouches; without ring canal; having oral arms elongate and folded ( Mayer, 1910; Kramp, 1961; Russell, 1970; Mianzan and Cornelius, 1999).