conomedusæ

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Haeckel′ s name of an order of Scyphomedusæ, formed for the reception of the Charybdea and allied jelly-fishes. The disk is bell-shaped with quadrangular base, and the parts are arranged in fours. The 4 tentaculicysts are perradial; the lamelliform genitalia are in 4 pairs, attached to 4 interradial septa dividing the enteric cavity into 4 gastric pouches, in which the genitalia hang freely. There are 4 interradial flaps, bearing each a long tentacle, and a broad vascular false velum penetrated by the enteric canals.