Ultra Diffuse Galaxies are a Subset of Cluster Dwarf
  Elliptical/Spheroidal Galaxies
  Since 2015 there has been a great deal of interest in a supposed new class of
galaxy called Ultra Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs). These are large systems with sizes
$> 1.5$ kpc and have surface brightness values which are $\mu > 25$ mag
arcsec$^{-2}$. Because of their low-surface brightness they are proposed to be
`failed' Milky Way type galaxies given their similar size, but much lower
stellar masses. As such, these systems are considered by some as a new type of
galaxy, yet we show that they are a subset of a well-established and well
studied population of low-surface brightness galaxies found mostly in dense
areas of the universe - clusters of galaxies. We argue based on previous
literature that the most likely method for forming these galaxies is through
cluster processes such as `Galaxy Harassment', where through multiple high
speed encounters an infalling galaxy is gradually removed of its mass, until it
resembles a dwarf elliptical. Future studies of UDGs should consider the above
and their more general connection to previously studied populations.
