Linantha
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| Linantha | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Coronatae |
| Family: | Linuchidae |
| Genus: | Linantha Haeckel, 1880[2] |
| Species: | L. lunulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Linantha lunulata | |
Linantha is a genus of crown jellyfish in the family Linuchidae. It is a monotypic genus and the only species is Linantha lunulata which was first described by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1880.[1] It is found in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of the Galápagos Islands.
Description
[edit | edit source]The medusae of Linantha lunulata can be distinguished from other crown jellyfish medusae by having four inter-radial gonads shaped like horseshoes, and no subumbrella.[3]
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