Scyphozoa
E89894
Scyphozoa is a class of predominantly marine jellyfish known for their conspicuous medusa stage and gelatinous, bell-shaped bodies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scyphozoa canonical | 5 |
| Rhizostomeae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T745051 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scyphozoa Context triple: [Cnidaria, includesClass, Scyphozoa]
-
A.
Cnidaria
Cnidaria is a phylum of mostly marine animals, including jellyfish, corals, sea anemones, and hydras, characterized by radial symmetry and specialized stinging cells called cnidocytes.
-
B.
Thaliacea
Thaliacea is a class of free-floating, barrel-shaped marine tunicates that form part of the plankton and often live in colonies.
-
C.
Anthozoa
Anthozoa is a class of marine invertebrates within the phylum Cnidaria that includes corals, sea anemones, and related polyp-only forms.
-
D.
Platyhelminthes
Platyhelminthes is a phylum of simple, soft-bodied, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates commonly known as flatworms, which includes both free-living and parasitic species.
-
E.
Sabellian
Sabellian is an extinct group of Italic languages once spoken in ancient central and southern Italy, related to but distinct from Latin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scyphozoa Target entity description: Scyphozoa is a class of predominantly marine jellyfish known for their conspicuous medusa stage and gelatinous, bell-shaped bodies.
-
A.
Cnidaria
Cnidaria is a phylum of mostly marine animals, including jellyfish, corals, sea anemones, and hydras, characterized by radial symmetry and specialized stinging cells called cnidocytes.
-
B.
Thaliacea
Thaliacea is a class of free-floating, barrel-shaped marine tunicates that form part of the plankton and often live in colonies.
-
C.
Anthozoa
Anthozoa is a class of marine invertebrates within the phylum Cnidaria that includes corals, sea anemones, and related polyp-only forms.
-
D.
Platyhelminthes
Platyhelminthes is a phylum of simple, soft-bodied, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates commonly known as flatworms, which includes both free-living and parasitic species.
-
E.
Sabellian
Sabellian is an extinct group of Italic languages once spoken in ancient central and southern Italy, related to but distinct from Latin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cnidarian taxon
ⓘ
taxonomic class ⓘ |
| bodyForm |
gelatinous bell-shaped body
ⓘ
medusa-dominated life cycle ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
cnidocytes with nematocysts
ⓘ
conspicuous medusa stage ⓘ oral arms surrounding mouth ⓘ radial symmetry ⓘ tentacles around bell margin ⓘ thick mesoglea ⓘ |
| circulatorySystem | no specialized circulatory system ⓘ |
| commonName |
scyphozoans
ⓘ
true jellyfish ⓘ |
| describedBy | Ernst Haeckel ⓘ |
| digestiveSystem | gastrovascular cavity ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
mesozooplankton predator
ⓘ
prey for sea turtles and fish ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
can cause jellyfish blooms affecting fisheries
ⓘ
can clog power plant cooling intakes ⓘ |
| exampleSpecies |
Aurelia aurita
ⓘ
Chrysaora quinquecirrha ⓘ Cyanea capillata ⓘ |
| excretorySystem | no specialized excretory organs ⓘ |
| feedingType |
carnivorous
ⓘ
planktivorous ⓘ |
| hasLifeStage |
ephyra
ⓘ
medusa ⓘ planula larva ⓘ scyphistoma polyp ⓘ strobila ⓘ |
| includesOrder |
Coronatae
ⓘ
Rhizostomeae ⓘ
linked to:
Scyphozoa
Semaeostomeae ⓘ Stauromedusae ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locomotion | pulsatile jet propulsion ⓘ |
| nervousSystem | nerve net ⓘ |
| phylum | Cnidaria ⓘ |
| reproduction |
asexual reproduction by strobilation in polyp stage
ⓘ
sexual reproduction in medusa stage ⓘ |
| respiratorySystem | gas exchange by diffusion ⓘ |
| sensoryStructure |
ocelli
ⓘ
rhopalia ⓘ statocysts ⓘ |
| stingEffectOnHumans | often painful but usually non-lethal ⓘ |
| subphylum | Medusozoa ⓘ |
| taxonRank | class ⓘ |
| typeSpeciesGenus | Aurelia ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
marine environments
ⓘ
pelagic zone ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Scyphozoa Description of subject: Scyphozoa is a class of predominantly marine jellyfish known for their conspicuous medusa stage and gelatinous, bell-shaped bodies.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Scyphozoa