Discomedusae

Discomedusae
"Discomedusae" (all semaeostomids), from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Subclass: Discomedusae
Haeckel, 1880[1]
"Discomedusae" (all rhizostomids), from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904

Discomedusae is a subclass of jellyfish in the class Scyphozoa. It is the sister taxon of Coronamedusae. Discomedusae contains about 155 named species and there are likely to be many more as yet undescribed. Jellyfish in this subclass are much more likely to have swarming events or form blooms than those in Coronamedusae.[2] Discomedusae consists of two orders, Rhizostomeae and Semaeostomeae.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference WoRMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Pitt, Kylie A.; Purcell, Jennifer E. (2009). Jellyfish Blooms: Causes, Consequences and Recent Advances. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-4020-9749-2.