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.
| Linantha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
Description
editThe 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]
References
edit- ^ a b van der Land, Jacob (2018). "Linantha lunulata Haeckel, 1880". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ van der Land, Jacob (2018). "Linantha". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ Hale, Garron (1999). "The Classification and Distribution of the Class Scyphozoa" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
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