Solmarisidae is a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of jellyfish

Jellyfish

Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. Medusa is another word for jellyfish, and refers to any free-swimming jellyfish stages in the phylum Cnidaria...

 in the order Narcomedusae

Narcomedusae

Narcomedusae is an order of hydrozoans in the subclass Trachylinae.-Characteristics:Members of this order do not normally have a polyp stage. The medusa has a dome-shaped bell with thin sides. The tentacles are attached above the lobed margin of the bell with usually a gastric pouch above each....

. The name is sometimes spelled "Solmaridae".

Characteristics

Members of this family have dome-shaped bells and numerous tentacles set above the undulating margin of the bell. They do not have gastric pouches as do other members of the order. The gonads are situated inside the wall of the stomach.

Genera and species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following genera

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 and species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

:

• Pegantha Haeckel, 1879
  • Pegantha clara Bigelow, 1909
  • Pegantha laevis H. B. Bigelow, 1909
  • Pegantha magnifica Haeckel, 1879
  • Pegantha martagon Haeckel, 1879
  • Pegantha rubiginosa (Kölliker, 1853)
  • Pegantha triloba Haeckel, 1879
• Solmaris
  • Solmaris corona (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1861)
  • Solmaris flavescens (Kölliker, 1853)
  • Solmaris lenticula Haeckel, 1879
  • Solmaris leucostyla (Will, 1844)
  • Solmaris quadrata Bouillon, Boero & Seghers, 1991
  • Solmaris rhodoloma (Brandt, 1838)
  • Solmaris solmaris (Gegenbaur, 1856)