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Definition of Scyphozoa
1. Noun. Coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes.
Group relationships: Cnidaria, Coelenterata, Phylum Cnidaria, Phylum Coelenterata
Member holonyms: Scyphozoan, Chrysaora, Genus Chrysaora
Generic synonyms: Class
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scyphozoa
Literary usage of Scyphozoa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Classification of the Scyphozoa Four orders of Scyphozoa are usually recognized.
The most obvious ordinal characteristics are the presence or absence of ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"Although many of the species do not exceed an inch or a few inches in diameter,
others attain a very great size, and it is among the Scyphozoa that we find ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"CLASS B, Scyphozoa (JELLY-FISH) Large, free-swimming, umbrella-shaped
jelly-fish (medusae). ... The Scyphozoa are known to have existed from the ..."
4. Elements of Comparative Zoology by John Sterling Kingsley (1897)
"Further details of structure are better given in treating of the two subclasses
into which the Scyphozoa are divided; merely saying here that all are marine ..."
5. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"The Scyphozoa parallel the Hydrozoa in frequently having an alternation of
generations; the asexual generation being the ..."
6. Elements of Comparative Zoology by John Sterling Kingsley (1897)
"Further details of structure are better given in treating of the two subclasses
into which the Scyphozoa are divided; merely saying here that all are marine ..."
7. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"... Mediterranean; occasionally on New England coast; often very common. CLASS 2.
Scyphozoa. ... Scyphozoa."
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