staurozoan

Etymology

From Staurozoa + -an.

staurozoan means any member of the class Staurozoa; a stalked jellyfish. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

Any member of the class Staurozoa; a stalked jellyfish.“The only staurozoan included in our analysis, Haliclystus sanjuanensis (6.5% gene sampling), is the most poorly sampled taxon in our data set (Fig 4 ).”