Myostaurida is one of two
suborder
Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized ...
s of
stalked jellyfishes, the other being
Amyostaurida. Species in Myostaurida have—unlike those in Amyostaurida—interradial, longitudinal muscles in their stalks.
Myostaurida contains nine genera across four families.
References
Stauromedusae
Cnidarian suborders
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