NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Mastigias
  Family - Mastigiidae
  Order - Rhizostomeae
  Subclass - Discomedusae
  Class - Scyphozoa
  Subphylum - Medusozoa
  Phylum - Cnidaria
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia