English > phylum Cnidaria: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals. |
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| Synonyms | Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum Coelenterata |
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| Member of | Metazoa, subkingdom Metazoa | multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system |
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| Members | Anthozoa, class Anthozoa, Actinozoa, class Actinozoa | A large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals |
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| Hydrozoa, class Hydrozoa | coelenterates typically having alternation of generations |
| Scyphozoa, class Scyphozoa | coelenterates in which the polyp stage / stage is absent or at least inconspicuous |
| coelenterate, cnidarian | radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures |
| jellyfish | Any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans |
| medusa, medusoid, medusan | One of two forms that coelenterates take |
| polyp | One of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral) |
| Broader | phylum | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants |
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| Spanish | Cnidaria, Cnidarios, cnidarios, Coelenterata, filo Cnidaria, filo Coelenterata |
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| Catalan | Cnidaria, Cnidari |
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