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Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Cnidaria > Scyphozoa

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Scyphozoa  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Jellyfishs, True
  • Jellyfish, True
  • True Jellyfish
  • True Jellyfishs

Note

  • do not confuse the genus Aurelia with the species Paramecium aurelia

Scope note

  • The class of true jellyfish, in the phylum CNIDARIA. They are mostly free-swimming marine organisms that go through five stages in their life cycle and exhibit two body forms: polyp and medusa.

History note

  • 2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D037401

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