Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria

Medusozoa Petersen, 1979

Rank: Subphylum
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cubozoa Werner, 1973
Hydrozoa Owen, 1843
Leptolida
Scyphomedusa
Scyphozoa Goette, 1887
Staurozoa Marques & Collins, 2004

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Swedish: maneter och hydrozoer

Literature

original description

Petersen, K. W. (1979). Development of coloniality in Hydrozoa. In: G. Larwood & B. Rosen, eds, Biology and systematics of colonial organisms. Symposium Systematics Association. 11: 105-139.

status source

Collins, A. G. (2009). Recent insights into cnidarian phylogeny. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. 38: 139-149.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Medusozoa. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1740301

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Medusozoa Petersen, 1979. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/62b27c3c-965d-4e21-86ff-ccaf93853523

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh

Importance

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2024-05-07 by Dr. Wim Vervoort & by Bert Hoeksema

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