- Crown jellyfish
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Crown jellyfishes Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Scyphozoa Order: Coronatae
Vanhöffen, 1892Families See text.
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]
Families
- Atollidae
- Atorellidae
- Collaspididae
- Linuchidae
- Nausithoidae
- Paraphyllinidae
- Periphyllidae
- Tetraplatidae
References
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