Myostaurida
Haliclystus sanjuanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Staurozoa
Order: Stauromedusae
Suborder: Myostaurida
Miranda, Hirano, Mills, Falconer, Fenwick, Marques & Collins, 2016
Families

Myostaurida is one of two suborders of stalked jellyfishes, the other being Amyostaurida. Species in Myostaurida haveunlike those in Amyostauridainterradial, longitudinal muscles in their stalks.[1] Myostaurida contains nine genera across four families.[2]

References

  1. Miranda, Lucília S.; Hirano, Yayoi M.; Mills, Claudia E.; Falconer, Audrey; Fenwick, David; Marques, Antonio C.; Collins, Allen G. (5 May 2016). "Systematics of stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Staurozoa)". PeerJ. 4. doi:10.7717/peerj.1951. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 4860332. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Myostaurida". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-10-22.


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