NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Suborder

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Order - Rhizostomeae
  Subclass - Discomedusae
  Class - Scyphozoa
  Subphylum - Medusozoa
  Phylum - Cnidaria
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Family - Lychnorhizidae
      Family - Catostylidae
      Family - Lobonematidae
      Family - Stomolophidae