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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Scyphozoa
Subclassis: Coronamedusae
Ordo: Coronatae

Familia: Linuchidae
Genus: Linuche
Species (3): L. aquila – L. draco – L. unguiculata
Name

Linuche Eschscholtz, 1829

References
Links

Linuche in the World Register of Marine Species

Linuche

Figures 1 to 10 are of Linuche unguiculata, figure 11 of Linuche aquila.

  1. Side view of adult medusa. Keys West, Florida, June 1, 1906.
  2. Side view of mature medusa showing sculpturing of exumbrella. Tortugas, Florida, May 12, 1906.
  3. Oral view of an ephyra, 2mm in diameter. Nassau Harbor, Bahamas, May 10 1906.
  4. Marginal sense-organ of the ephyra shown in fig.3
  5. Oral view of an ephyra, 7mm in diameter, showing 4 pairs of gonads beginning to develop on both sides of each perradius, and masses of brown cells. Ragged Island, Bahamas, April 5, 1907.
  6. The mouth-part of the efira shown in fig.5. Showing gonads and gastric cirri.
  7. Oral view of a mature medusa, showing the 16 radial pouches of the central stomach. There is no marginal ring-canal.
  8. Marginal sense organ of a mature medusa.
  9. Side view of an ephyra 3mm in diameter, showing the beginning of the tentacles. Nassau Harbor, Bahamas, March 14, 1893.
  10. Linuche aquila, Wailangilala atoll, Fiji Islands, South Pacific. November 20, 1897.
  11. Side view

Linuche is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Linuchidae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in America and Southeastern Asia.[1]

Species:[1]

Linuche aquila (Haeckel, 1880)
Linuche lamarckii Haeckel, 1880
Linuche unguiculata (Schwartz, 1788)
Linuche vesiculata Haeckel, 1880
Linuche draco Haeckel, 1880

References

"Linuche Eschscholtz, 1829". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

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