Linantha Explained

Linantha is a genus of crown jellyfish in the family Linuchidae. It is a monotypic genus and the only species is Linantha lunulata which was first described by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1880. It is found in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of the Galápagos Islands.

Description

The medusae of Linantha lunulata can be distinguished from other crown jellyfish medusae by having four inter-radial gonads shaped like horseshoes, and no subumbrella.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Classification and Distribution of the Class Scyphozoa . Hale, Garron . 1999 . 20 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120219193848/http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~ghale/pdf/scyphozoa.pdf . 19 February 2012 . dead .