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Eulithota

Scyphozoa - Semaeostomeae - Eulithotidae

Taxonomy
Eulithota is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Eulithotidae.

It was assigned to Eulithotidae by Bayer et al. (1956); and to Semaeostomatida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Eulithota Bayer et al. p. F49
2002Eulithota Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classScyphozoaGoette 1887
RankNameAuthor
subclassDiscomedusaeHaeckel 1880
orderSemaeostomeae(Agassiz 1862)
familyEulithotidaeKieslinger 1939
genusEulithota

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Eulithota
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available