| Myostaurida | |
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| Haliclystus sanjuanensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Staurozoa |
| Order: | Stauromedusae |
| Suborder: | Myostaurida Miranda, Hirano, Mills, Falconer, Fenwick, Marques & Collins, 2016 |
| Families | |
Myostaurida is one of two suborders 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
- Miranda, Lucília S.; Hirano, Yayoi M.; Mills, Claudia E.; Falconer, Audrey; Fenwick, David; Marques, Antonio C.; Collins, Allen G. (5 May 2016). "Systematics of stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Staurozoa)". PeerJ. 4. doi:10.7717/peerj.1951. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 4860332. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Myostaurida". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
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