Scyphozoa

Translingual

Atolla wyvillei (order Coronatae)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) and ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

Proper noun

Scyphozoa

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Cnidaria – many jellyfish, sometimes called the true jellyfish.

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Cnidaria - phylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Coronatae, Rhizostomae, Semaeostomeae (orders)
  • †Byroniida, †Conulariida (extinct orders)

References

• Scyphozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scyphozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Scyphozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Scyphozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248