Cnidaria: Subclass Staurozoa

• Used to be an order under Scyphozoa as Stauromedusae
• Stalked jellyfishes
• Mostly found in boreal or polar regions
• Small jellyfishes about 1 to 4 cm
• Attached to seaweeds, rocks, or gravels
• Trumpet-like to worm-like in appearance
• Have no alternation between polyp and medusa stages
• it is dioecious
• Its planula larva is non-ciliated
• Considered a distinct class based on fossils, morphology and genetic data
• Identify the species:

  Manania handi

  
• Identify the species:

  Haliclystus sp.

  
• Identify the species:

  Lucernaria quadricornis

  
• Phylum: Cnidaria

  Class: Staurozoa

  Order: Stauromedusae

  Suborder: Myostaurida

  Family: Lucernariidae

  
• Phylum: Cnidaria

  Class: Staurozoa

  Order: Stauromedusae

  Suborder: Myostaurida

  Family: Haliclystidae

  
• Phylum: Cnidaria

  Class: Staurozoa

  Order: Stauromedusae

  Suborder: Myostaurida

  Family: Haliclystidae