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Abstract
The class of true jellyfish, in the phylum CNIDARIA. They are mostly free-swimming marine organisms that go through five stages in their life cycle and exhibit two body forms: polyp and medusa.
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- Jellyfish, True
- Jellyfishs, True
- Scyphozoas
- True Jellyfish
- True Jellyfishs
- Aurelia aurita
- Chrysaora fuscescens
- Jellyfish, Moon
- Moon Jelly
- Moon Jellyfish
- Sea Nettle, Pacific
- Sea Nettle, West Coast
- Aurelia auritas
- Chrysaora fuscescen
- Jellies, Moon
- Jelly, Moon
- Jellyfishs, Moon
- Moon Jellies
- Moon Jellyfishs
- Nettle, Pacific Sea
- Nettles, Pacific Sea
- Pacific Sea Nettle
- Pacific Sea Nettles
- Sea Nettles, Pacific
- auritas, Aurelia
- fuscescens, Chrysaora
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Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse the genus Aurelia with the species Paramecium aurelia
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History Note
2003
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Previous Indexing
- Cnidaria (1971-2002)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Scyphozoa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D037401. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D037401
- Scyphozoa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scyphozoa
- Scyphozoa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272388