Cleistocarpida

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Cleistocarpida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Medusozoa
Class: Staurozoa
Order: Stauromedusae
Suborder: Cleistocarpida
James-Clark, 1863
Families

Cleistocarpida is a suborder of cnidarians in the order Stauromedusae. They are characterized by tissue that separates the organisms' four gastric regions, known as a claustrum.[1] The suborder contains two families, Craterolophidae and Depastridae, distinguished by the absence or presence of longitudinal muscles running along the peduncle, respectively.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Daly et al. (2007). "The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus". Zootaxa (Magnolia Press). 
  2. ↑ Hayward, P. J.; Ryland, J. S. (1991). The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe 1. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198573561. 

See also

Cleistocarpida at the World Register of Marine Species

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