Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa

Scyphozoa Goette, 1887

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Coronamedusae Calder, 2009
Discomedusae Haeckel, 1880

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: grumers; meduses

Dutch: kwallen; schijfkwallen sources: Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. De Strandvlo 4(1): 4-17;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: cup animals; jellyfish; jellyfishes; scyphomedusae; scyphozoans sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: méduse

German: Qualle; Scheibenquallen; Schirmquallen; Scyphozoen sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Indonesian: ubur-ubur

Italian: meduse

Japanese: kurage; 鉢虫綱 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Portuguese: água-viva; alforreca

Spanish, Castillian: medusas

Swedish: maneter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Tagalog: Dikya

Literature

original description	Götte, A. (1887). Entwickelungsgeschichte der Aurelia aurita und Cotylorhiza tuberculata. Abhandlungen zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der Tiere. 4, 1–79; 9 plates.
basis of record	Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 111
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
status source	Collins, A. G. (2009). Recent insights into cnidarian phylogeny. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. 38: 139-149.
taxonomy source	Kayal, E.; Roure, B.; Philippe, H.; Collins, A. G.; Lavrov, D. V. (2013). Cnidarian phylogenetic relationships as revealed by mitogenomics. BMC Evol Biol. 13(1): 5.

Genbank

Citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Scyphozoa. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135220