DeCS

Descriptor English:

Scyphozoa

Descriptor Spanish:

Escifozoos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Scyphozoa
Entry term(s)	Aurelia aurita Chrysaora fuscescens escifomedusas sescifozoos
Scope note:	Clase de medusas verdaderas, del filo CNIDARIA. Suelen ser organismos marinos que nadan libremente, pasan por cinco fases a lo largo de su ciclo vital y muestran dos formas corporales: pólipo y medusa.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Cifozoários

Descriptor French:

Scyphozoa

Entry term(s):

Aurelia aurita
Aurélie
Chrysaora fuscescens
Méduse bleue
Méduse lune
Méduses vraies
Ortie de mer de la côte Ouest
Scyphozoaires

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.308.690

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D037401

Scope note:

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.

Annotation:

do not confuse the genus Aurelia with the species Paramecium aurelia

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

7752

Unique ID:

D037401

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Date Established:

2003/01/01

Date of Entry:

2002/07/03

Revision Date:

2016/06/28