#hopefully everyjelly here can differentiate between the main three groups of Scyphozoa now ^-^!!
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Ended up doing a taxonomy thing but I'm not sure if I'll ever properly use it for a post... anyways here's Class scyphozoa for you:
* Subject to change depending on individual species
Order Coronatae: ("Crown")
Tentacles, Lappets, Rhopalia, Mouth, Coronal Groove, Bell
Tentacles typically help up like a spiders'
Usually has 8 ball-like gonads under the bell
Suborder Discomedusae:
Order Semaeostomeae: ("Flag Mouth")
Bell, Oral Arms, Rhopalia, Tentacles
Frilly/ribbon-like oral arms
Order Rhizostomeae: ("Root Mouth")
Bell, Oral Arms, Rhopalia, Filaments
Broccoli-like oral arms
Filaments + Zooxanthallae optional
#.professor jellyfish speaks#jellyfish#art#scyphozoa#i tried to choose jellyfish that best represented each group#periphylla periphylla#chrysaora sp.#mastigias papua#hopefully everyjelly here can differentiate between the main three groups of Scyphozoa now ^-^!!
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