Haliclystus James-Clark, 1863
(a genus of stalked benthic medusae)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHaliclystus (a genus of stalked benthic medusae)
FamilyLUCERNARIIDAE (a family of coelenterates)
SuborderELEUTHEROCARPIDA (a suborder of coelenterates)
OrderSTAUROMEDUSAE (stalked jellyfish)
ClassSTAUROZOA (a class of coelenterates)
PhylumCNIDARIA (hydroids, jelly fish, sea anemones, jellyfish)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fenwick, D. 2011 Personal Communication
Kahn, A., Matsumoto, G.I., Hirano, Y.M. & Collins, A.G. 2010 Haliclystus californiensis, a “new” species of stauromedusa (Cnidaria: Staurozoa) from the northeast Pacific, with a key to the species of Haliclystus Zootaxa 2518: 49-59.

Haliclystus (a genus of stalked benthic medusae) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Haliclystus (a genus of stalked benthic medusae)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Haliclystus (a genus of stalked benthic medusae)
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