''Aurosa'' is a genus of

cnidaria Cnidaria ( ) is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic invertebrates found both in fresh water, freshwater and marine environments (predominantly the latter), including jellyfish, hydroid (zoology), hydroids, ...

ns belonging to the family

Ulmaridae The Ulmaridae are a family of jellyfish, which includes the famous moon jellies, and other jellyfish with unique characteristics like '' Tiburonia granrojo''. Genera Formerly, the genus '' Phacellophora'' was also included in this family, but ...

. It is

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

, containing the sole species ''Aurosa furcata''.

References

Ulmaridae Scyphozoan genera Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel Taxa described in 1880 Monotypic cnidarian genera {{Scyphozoa-stub