Crown jellyfish
| Crown jellyfishes | |
|---|---|
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| Nausithoe aurea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Coronatae Vanhöffen, 1892 |
Crown jellyfishes are the six families of true jellyfish that belong to the order Coronatae.[1][2] They are distinguished from other jellyfish by the presence of a deep groove running around the umbrella, giving them the crown shape from which they take their name. Many of the species in the order inhabit deep sea environments.[3]
Families
As of 2007, there were 47 recognized extant species in Coronatae.[1] These belong in the following six families:[1][2]
- Atollidae Bigelow, 1913 -- 1 genus
- Atorellidae -- 2 genera
- Linuchidae -- 2 genera
- Nausithoidae (Claus, 1883) -- 3 genera
- Paraphyllinidae -- 1 genus
- Periphyllidae -- 4 genera
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References
- 1 2 3 Daly, Brugler, Cartwright, Collins, Dawson, Fautin, France, McFadden, Opresko, Rodriguez, Romano & Stake (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa 1668: 127–182
- 1 2 WoRMS. "Coronatae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 149. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
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