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
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]