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Scyphozoa
- jellyfish
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Taxon:
Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Coelenterata
........................Phylum Cnidaria - cnidarians
..........................Subphylum Medusozoa
............................Class Cubozoa - box jellies
............................Class †Hydroconozoa
............................Class Hydrozoa
............................Class Polypodiozoa
............................Class Staurozoa
............................Class Scyphozoa - jellyfish
..............................Genus †Anthracomedusa
..............................Genus †Brachina
..............................Genus †Cyclomedusa
..............................Genus †Mawsonites
..............................Genus †Rhizostomites
..............................Subclass Scyphomedusae
..............................»Genus †Gastreochrea
..............................»Order †Conchopeltida
..............................»Order †Conulariida
..............................»Order Coronatae
..............................»Order Rhizostomeae - root-mouth jellies
..............................»Order Semaeostomeae - flag-mouth jellies
..............................»Order Stauromedusae - stalked jellies
..............................(Order Rhizostomae)
..............................(Order Semaeostomae)
..............................(Order Semaestomae)
..............................(Subclass †Corumbellata)
..............................»(Order Cubomedusae) - box jellies
Paleontology
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Ediacaran
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Marine
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Opportunistic predation
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012