| Nausithoidae | |
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| Nausithoe aurea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Coronatae |
| Family: | Nausithoidae Bigelow, 1913 |
| Genera | |
Nausithoidae is a family of jellyfish.
| Nausithoidae | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Nausithoe aurea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Coronatae |
| Family: | Nausithoidae Bigelow, 1913 |
| Genera | |
Nausithoidae is a family of jellyfish.
Crown jellyfishes are the six families of true 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.
Periphyllidae is a family of jellyfish containing four genera and six species. The most well-known member of the family, Periphylla periphylla, is usually considered a deep-sea species, but it forms large blooms in surface waters of Norwegian fjords.
Rhopilema is a genus of jellyfish.
Atolla is a genus of crown jellyfish in the order Coronatae. The genus Atolla was originally proposed by Haeckel in 1880 and elevated to the monotypic family level, as Atollidae by Henry Bigelow in 1913. The six known species inhabit the mesopelagic zone. The medusae possess multiple lobes called lappets at the bell margin. Medusae also have eight tentacles, alternating with eight rhopalia, and twice as many lappets occur as tentacles.
Lucernariidae is a family of stalked jellyfish containing two genera.
Catostylidae is a family of jellyfish. Members of this family are characterized by their thick, sausage-like oral arms.
Prayidae is a family of marine invertebrates in the order Siphonophora. They are colonial, and the colonies can superficially resemble jellyfish; although they appear to be a single organism, each specimen is actually a colony of Siphonophora.
Solmarisidae is a family of hydrozoans in the order Narcomedusae. The name is sometimes spelled "Solmaridae".
Forskalia is a genus of siphonophores. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Forskaliidae.
Catostylus is a genus of jellyfish in the family Catostylidae.
Alatina is a genus of box jellyfish within class Cubozoa. It is the largest of the three known genera in the family Alatinidae, and the only one which is not monotypic. It contains the following ten species:
Excirolana is a genus of isopods in the family Cirolanidae. There are about 15 described species in Excirolana.
Coronamedusae is a subclass of jellyfish in the class Scyphozoa. It is the sister taxon of Discomedusae and contains about 50 named species, all included in the order Coronatae. Jellyfish in this subclass are either small medusae living in shallow marine environments, or large medusae living in the deep sea.
Nausithoe is a genus of jellyfishes belonging to the family Nausithoidae.
Hippopodius is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Hippopodiidae.
Lucernaria is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Lucernariidae.
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