Semaeostomeae
Sign in to saveSemaeostomeae (literally "flag mouths") is an order of large jellyfish characterized by four long, frilly oral arms flanking their quadrate mouths. The umbrella is domed with scalloped margins, and the gastrovascular system consists of four unbranched pouches radiating outwards from the central stomach; no ring canal is present. They usually possess eight tentacles; four are per-radical and four are inter-radical.
Species
semaeostome jellyfish
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassScyphozoa
- OrderSemaeostomeae
Chrysaora quinquecirrha im Monterey Bay Aquarium. Die Fahnenquallen (Semaeostomeae) oder Fahnenmundquallen sind eine Ordnung der Schirmquallen (Scyphozoa). Sie leben mit etwa fünfzig Arten pelagisch in den oberen Schichten der Weltmeere.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- With media
- 20
- Collections
- USNM, PRI, AM, QM, MAGNT, FWRI
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, Thailand, French Polynesia, Sierra Leone
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Discomedusae
- Image
- Haeckel Discomedusae 28.jpg
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- Commons category
- Semaeostomeae
- taxon rank
- order
- taxon name
- Semaeostomeae
- topic's main category
- Category:Semaeostomeae
- taxon common name
- skivemaneter
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Encyclopedic overview
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Semaeostomeae (literally "flag mouths") is an order of large jellyfish characterized by four long, frilly oral arms flanking their quadrate mouths. The umbrella is domed with scalloped margins, and the gastrovascular system consists of four unbranched pouches radiating outwards from the central stomach; no ring canal is present. They usually possess eight tentacles; four are per-radical and four are inter-radical.
==Taxonomy== The order consists of five families. Family Cyaneidae Family Drymonematidae Family Pelagiidae Family Phacellophoridae Family Ulmaridae File:Cyanea kils.jpg
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