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Scyphozoa

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thumb|Fossilized stranded scyphozoans on a Cambrian tidal flat at Blackberry Hill, Wisconsin. The Scyphozoa are an exclusively marine class of the phylum Cnidaria, referred to as the true jellyfish (or "true jellies").

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The Scyphozoa are a group of marine animals commonly known as true jellyfish, belonging to the same phylum as sea anemones and corals. They are important members of ocean ecosystems and have existed since ancient times, with fossils showing they lived millions of years ago during the Cambrian period.

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Species

cup animals

Scyphozoa

CLASS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCnidaria
ClassScyphozoa

Habitatmarine, brackish

Observations recorded404,312

Schirmquallen oder Scheibenquallen (Scyphozoa) sind eine Klasse der Nesseltiere (Cnidaria). Sie werden auch als Echte Quallen bezeichnet. Die Schirmquallen bilden drei Ordnungen: Kranzquallen (Coronatae), Fahnenquallen (Semaeostomae) und Wurzelmundquallen (Rhizostomeae). Zu den Scyphozoa gehören etwa 130 Arten. Die meist solitär lebenden Tiere werden durch große Medusen und kleine Polypen charakterisiert. Die Fortpflanzung erfolgt abwechselnd ungeschlechtlich, durch Abschnürung von Ephyralarven vom sessilen Polypen (Strobilation), und geschlechtlich (eine so genannte Metagenese).

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Research

1,651 papers

Consolidation of venom proteomes from major Cnidarian species (Scyphozoa and Cubozoa) obtained using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.ReviewToxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2025Chong SY, Naidu R, Othman I et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2025.108491
Upside-down jellyfish.Current biology : CB · 2025Buratto N, Thoré ESJDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.09.057
Compartments in Scyphozoa.The International journal of developmental biology · 2007Berking S, Herrmann KDOI: 10.1387/ijdb.062215sb
[Environmental factors inducing the transformation of polyp into medusae in Aurelia aurita (Scyphozoa)].ReviewOntogenez · 2017Sukhoputova AV, Kraus YA
Embryonic development of the moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa): another variant on the theme of invagination.PeerJ · 2022Kraus Y, Osadchenko B, Kosevich IDOI: 10.7717/peerj.13361
A morphological review of the jellyfish genus Nausithoe Klliker, 1853 (Nausithoideae, Coronatae, Scyphozoa, Cnidaria).Zootaxa · 2023Molinari CG, Collins AG, Morandini ACDOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.1.1
First description of wild-collected ephyrae of Lychnorhiza lucerna (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa).Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias · 2021Nagata RM, Teixeira-Amaral P, Lemos VR et al.DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202120190574
More jellyfish everybody?Marine pollution bulletin · 2015Morton BDOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.11.024

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Commons category: Scyphozoa
taxon name: Scyphozoa
start time: 580000000-
taxon common name: klobučnjaki

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Reproduction
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Commercial importance
Taxonomy
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thumb|Fossilized stranded scyphozoans on a Cambrian tidal flat at Blackberry Hill, Wisconsin. The Scyphozoa are an exclusively marine class of the phylum Cnidaria, referred to as the true jellyfish (or "true jellies").

The class name Scyphozoa comes from the Greek word skyphos (), denoting a kind of drinking cup and alluding to the cup shape of the organism.

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Ediacaran first appearances Medusozoa Scyphozoa