Staurozoa

Staurozoa
Temporal range: Latest Precambrian—Recent[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Subphylum:Medusozoa
Class:Staurozoa
Marques & Collins, 2004
Orders

Staurozoa is a class of Medusozoa, jellyfishes and hydrozoans. It has one extant order, Stauromedusae (stalked jellyfishes), and one extinct order, Conulatae.[2] The extinct order is largely unknown and described as a possibly cnidarian clade of marine life with shell-like structures, the Conulariida.

References

  1. ↑ Liu, A. G.; Matthews, J. J.; Menon, L. R.; McIlroy, D.; Brasier, M. D. (22 October 2014). "Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (approx. 560 Ma)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1793): 20141202. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1202. PMC 4173675. PMID 25165764.
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Staurozoa". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-03-21.


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