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Cubozoa (box jellyfish)

Cubozoa

Taxonomy
Cubozoa is a class. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Kayal et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Cnidaria by Kiessling (2003); and to Medusozoa by Kayal et al. (2013).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Cubozoa Kiessling
2013Cubozoa Kayal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCubozoa
classCubozoa

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.

Cl. Cubozoa [box jellyfish]
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G. †Anthracomedusa Johnson and Richardson, Jr. 1968
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Anthracomedusa turnbulli Johnson and Richardson, Jr. 1968
Fm. Carybdeidae Gegenbaur 1856
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G. Carybdea Peron and Lesueur 1809
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Desmoinesian or 513.00000 to 305.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 501.0 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian513.0 - 501.0USA (Utah) Cubozoa indet. (96868)
Marjumian513.0 - 498.5USA (Utah) Cubozoa indet. (230679)
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (Illinois) Anthracomedusa turnbulli (232886)