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Linantha
Genus of jellyfishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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.[3]
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