Scyphozoa

Translingual

Atolla wyvillei (order Coronatae)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) + -zoa.

Proper noun

Scyphozoa

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

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Cnidaria – phylum; Medusozoa – subphylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Coronamedusae, Discomedusae – subclasses
  • Coronatae – in Coronamedusae; Rhizostomae, Semaeostomeae – in Discomedusae; – extant orders
  • †Byroniida, †Conulariida (extinct orders)

References

• Scyphozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scyphozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Scyphozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Scyphozoa at World Register of Marine Species
• 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