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. 2021 May 17;12(5):758. doi: 10.3390/genes12050758

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The phylogenetic position of medusozoans in the animal kingdom. Cnidaria is the sister group of Bilateria and includes Anthozoa and Medusozoa. Jellyfish, characterized by the exhibition of a medusa stage, belong to Medusozoa, which consists of classes Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, and Staurozoa.