Aurelia dubia Vanhöffen, 1888 (original description)
Cassiopea picta Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Chrysaora chinensis Vanhöffen, 1888 (original description)
Desmonema chierchiana Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Desmonema gaudichaudi (Lesson, 1830) (original description)
Desmonema chierchianum Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Desmonema gaudichaudi (Lesson, 1830) (original description)
Desmostoma Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Mastigias Agassiz, 1862 (original description)
Desmostoma gracile Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Mastigias gracilis (Vanhöffen, 1888) (original description)
Loborhiza Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Catostylus Agassiz, 1862 (original description)
Loborhiza ornatella Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Catostylus ornatellus (Vanhöffen, 1888) (original description)
Mastigias orsini Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Crambionella orsini (Vanhöffen, 1888) (original description)
Mastigias roseus (Reynaud, 1830) (new combination reference)
Pelagia neglecta Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Rhizostoma hispidum Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Rhopilema hispidum (Vanhöffen, 1888) (original description)
Thysanostoma flagellatum (Haeckel, 1880) (new combination reference)

Guayaquil for Loborhiza ornatella Vanhöffen, 1888 
Hong Kong Island for Rhizostoma hispidum Vanhöffen, 1888 
Punta Arenas for Desmonema chierchiana Vanhöffen, 1888 
Red Sea for Cassiopea picta Vanhöffen, 1888 
Sardegna for Pelagia neglecta Vanhöffen, 1888 

Holotype ZIUK 9600, geounit Guayaquil, identified as Loborhiza ornatella Vanhöffen, 1888
Unknown type ZIUK 9606, geounit Assab, identified as Mastigias orsini Vanhöffen, 1888
Holotype ZIUK 9607, geounit Assab, identified as Desmostoma gracile Vanhöffen, 1888