Staurozoa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Medusozoa |
| Class: | Staurozoa Marques & Collins, 2004 |
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Staurozoa is a class of jellyfishes. 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Staurozoa". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
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