Cleistocarpida
Cleistocarpida | |
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Depastromorpha africana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Subphylum: | Medusozoa |
Class: | Staurozoa |
Order: | Stauromedusae |
Suborder: | Cleistocarpida James-Clark, 1863 |
Families | |
Cleistocarpida is a suborder of cnidarians in the order Stauromedusae. They are characterized by tissue that separates the organisms' four gastric regions, known as a claustrum.[1] The suborder contains two families, Craterolophidae and Depastridae, distinguished by the absence or presence of longitudinal muscles running along the peduncle, respectively.[2]
References
See also
Cleistocarpida at the World Register of Marine Species
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