Myostaurida is one of two suborders of stalked jellyfishes, the other being Amyostaurida. Species in Myostaurida have—unlike those in Amyostaurida—interradial, longitudinal muscles in their stalks.[1] Myostaurida contains nine genera across four families.[2]
| Myostaurida | |
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| Haliclystus sanjuanensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Staurozoa |
| Order: | Stauromedusae |
| Suborder: | Myostaurida Miranda, Hirano, Mills, Falconer, Fenwick, Marques & Collins, 2016 |
| Families | |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Myostaurida". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
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