Crown jellyfish
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Coronatae Vanhöffen, 1892 |
Crown jellyfishes are the eight families of jellyfish that belong to the order Coronatae. 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.[1]
[edit] Families
- Atollidae
- Atorellidae
- Collaspididae
- Linuchidae
- Nausithoidae
- Paraphyllinidae
- Periphyllidae
- Tetraplatidae
[edit] References
- ^ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 149. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
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