Description

Etymology. The genus name comes from the meteor-like appearance of the jellyfish shooting through the sea while swimming. The name Meteorona is taken from the Latin ' Meteoron', with the suffix - a. Gender is feminine.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Cubozoa

Order: Chirodropida

Family: Chiropsellidae

Genus: Meteorona

Species: Meteorona Toshino, Miyake & Shibata, 2015