staurozoan

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English

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Etymology

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From Staurozoa +‎ -an.

Noun

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staurozoan (plural staurozoans)

  1. Any member of the class Staurozoa; a stalked jellyfish.
    • 2015 October 15, “Phylogenomic Analyses Support Traditional Relationships within Cnidaria”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The only staurozoan included in our analysis, Haliclystus sanjuanensis (6.5% gene sampling), is the most poorly sampled taxon in our data set (Fig 4 ).