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Definition of Class scyphozoa
1. Noun. Coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes.
Exact synonyms: Scyphozoa
Group relationships: Cnidaria, Coelenterata, Phylum Cnidaria, Phylum Coelenterata
Member holonyms: Scyphozoan, Chrysaora, Genus Chrysaora
Generic synonyms: Class
Group relationships: Cnidaria, Coelenterata, Phylum Cnidaria, Phylum Coelenterata
Member holonyms: Scyphozoan, Chrysaora, Genus Chrysaora
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Class scyphozoa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Laboratory Manual for Elementary Zoölogy by Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1919)
"class scyphozoa 7 (i, 4). Complex floating colonies containing both hydroid and
medusa types of individuals. Class Hydrozoa; Order Siphonophora IH. ..."
2. Biology, General and Medical by Joseph McFarland (1916)
"... cycle is parasitic upon the immature eggs of the sturgeon. Cunina is parasitic
in medusae. Class—Scyphozoa.—Probably has no parasitic representatives. ..."
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