Medusozoa
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- Context:
- They can (often) have a Medusa Life-Cycle Stage.
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- Example(s):
- Jellyfish.
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- See: Chrysaora Fuscescens, Hydrozoa, Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, Staurozoa, Polypodiozoa, Box Jellyfish, Polypodium (Animal).
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusozoa Retrieved:2023-2-7.
- Medusozoa is a clade in the phylum Cnidaria, and is often considered a subphylum. It includes the classes Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Staurozoa and Cubozoa, and possibly the parasitic Polypodiozoa. Medusozoans are distinguished by having a medusa stage in their often complex life cycle, a medusa typically being an umbrella-shaped body with stinging tentacles around the edge. With the exception of some Hydrozoa (and Polypodiozoa), all are called jellyfish in their free-swimming medusa phase.