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Descriptor English: Scyphozoa
Descriptor Spanish: Escifozoos
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
Aurelia auritas
Chrysaora fuscescen
Chrysaora fuscescens
Jellies, Moon
Jelly, Moon
Jellyfish, Moon
Jellyfish, True
Jellyfishs, Moon
Jellyfishs, True
Moon Jellies
Moon Jelly
Moon Jellyfish
Moon Jellyfishs
Nettle, Pacific Sea
Nettles, Pacific Sea
Pacific Sea Nettle
Pacific Sea Nettles
Scyphozoas
Sea Nettle, Pacific
Sea Nettle, West Coast
Sea Nettles, Pacific
True Jellyfish
True Jellyfishs
auritas, Aurelia
fuscescens, Chrysaora
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 anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Cnidaria (1971-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 7752
Unique ID: D037401
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Scyphozoa - Preferred
Concept UI M0011846
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.
Preferred term Scyphozoa
Entry term(s) Jellyfish, True
Jellyfishs, True
Scyphozoas
True Jellyfish
True Jellyfishs
Aurelia aurita - Narrower
Concept UI M0412610
Scope note Species of the most widely recognized jellyfish; in the family Ulmaridae, order Semaeostomeae.
Preferred term Aurelia aurita
Entry term(s) Aurelia auritas
Jellies, Moon
Jelly, Moon
Jellyfish, Moon
Jellyfishs, Moon
Moon Jellies
Moon Jelly
Moon Jellyfish
Moon Jellyfishs
auritas, Aurelia
Sea Nettle, West Coast - Narrower
Concept UI M0412609
Preferred term Sea Nettle, West Coast
Entry term(s) Chrysaora fuscescen
Chrysaora fuscescens
Nettle, Pacific Sea
Nettles, Pacific Sea
Pacific Sea Nettle
Pacific Sea Nettles
Sea Nettle, Pacific
Sea Nettles, Pacific
fuscescens, Chrysaora



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