Genus Melicertissa Haeckel, 1879

Melicertissa Haeckel, 1879: 135;

type species Melicertissa clavigera Haeckel, 1879 by monotypy.

Melicertella Haeckel, 1879: 134; type species Melicertella panocto Haeckel, 1879 by monotypy.

Diagnosis: Medusae with eight unbranched radial canals; stomach with eight basal perradial stomach extensions, leaf-like; bulbs and cordyli with adaxial ocelli; with or without cirri. Hydroid Hebella like.

Remarks: See Uribe-Palomino et al. (2018: 26, table 1) for a synopsis of the species.