Rhizostoma
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
• Known as ‘Jelly Fish’
• Large sized, Floating, Free swimming medusoid marine coelenterate.
• Body is gelatinous and umbrella shaped.
• Marginal balancing organ ‘Tentaculocytes’ are present.
• Body has upper ex- umbrella and lower Sub- umbrella surfaces.
• Polystomatous (Many mouthed) conditions is seen.
• Oral arms are 4 in number with several roots like tentacles and fringed out growth called scapulets.
• Mucus cells and cnidoblasts for food collection.