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Scyphozoa

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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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Scyphozoa is a class within the phylum Cnidaria and the subphylum Medusozoa. The taxon, which has an accepted status, was described by Goette in 1887. Common names for this group include cup animals, stormaneter, and klobučnjaki. It is classified under the kingdom Animalia.

The class originated about 580 million years ago. Its habitats include marine and brackish environments. Records of this taxon are held by institutions such as UCMP, SDNHM, CMNH, YPM, and CAS, with occurrences documented in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, and Morocco.

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Species

cup animals

Scyphozoa

CLASS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumCnidaria
  3. 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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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,215
With media
129
Collections
UCMP, SDNHM, CMNH, YPM, CAS, SIO
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Mexico, Philippines, Morocco, French Polynesia
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Research

1,651 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Biology
  • Anatomy
  • Reproduction
  • Growth and development
  • Commercial importance
  • Taxonomy
  • References
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Scyphozoa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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