Medusozoa

Medusozoa
Pacific sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Medusozoa
Classes[1]

Medusozoa is a clade in the phylum Cnidaria, and is often considered a subphylum.[2][3] It includes the classes Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Staurozoa and Cubozoa. Not all Medusozoa are jellyfish.

References

  1. Subphyla Medusozoa based on "The Taxonomicon – Taxon: Phylum Cnidaria". Universal Taxonomic Services. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
  2. Marques, Antonio C.; Allen G. Collins (March 2004). "Cladistic analysis of Medusozoa and cnidarian evolution". Invertebrate Biology. 123 (1). pp. 23–42. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7410.2004.tb00139.x.
  3. Zapata et al. 2015. Phylogenomic analyses support traditional relationships within Cnidaria. PLOS ONE. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0139068
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