Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Scyphozoa
Subclassis: Coronamedusae
Ordo: Coronatae
Familia: Linuchidae
Genus: Linantha
Species (1): L. lunulata
Name
?Linantha Haeckel, 1880
Type species: Linantha lunulata Haeckel, 1880, by monotypy.
References
Links
Linantha in the World Register of Marine Species
Linantha is a genus of crown jellyfish in the family Linuchidae. It is a monotypic genus and the only species is Linantha lunulata which was first described by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1880.[1] It is found in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of the Galápagos Islands.
Description
The medusae of Linantha lunulata can be distinguished from other crown jellyfish medusae by having four inter-radial gonads shaped like horseshoes, and no subumbrella.[3]
References
van der Land, Jacob (2018). "Linantha lunulata Haeckel, 1880". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
van der Land, Jacob (2018). "Linantha". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
Hale, Garron (1999). "The Classification and Distribution of the Class Scyphozoa" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
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