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
- ↑ Subphyla Medusozoa based on "The Taxonomicon – Taxon: Phylum Cnidaria". Universal Taxonomic Services. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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