Linantha
Genus of jellyfishes
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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.[2] It is found in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of the Galápagos Islands.
| Linantha | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Coronatae |
| Family: | Linuchidae |
| Genus: | Linantha Haeckel, 1880[1] |
| Species: | L. lunulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Linantha lunulata | |
