Cyaneidae | |
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Lion's mane jellyfish, Cyanea capillata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Subphylum: | Medusozoa |
Class: | Scyphozoa |
Order: | Semaeostomeae |
Family: | Cyaneidae |
Genera | |
The Cyaneidae are a family of true jellyfish. About 20 species are in this family, including the well-known lion's-mane jellyfish.
As traditionally defined, this family also included the genus Drymonema, but it has been moved to a separate family, the Drymonematidae.