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Cnidaria

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Cnidaria /Cni·da·ria/ (ni-dar´e-ah) a phylum of marine invertebrates including sea anemones, hydras, corals, jellyfish, and comb jellies, characterized by a radially symmetric body bearing tentacles around the mouth.
Cnidaria,
a phylum of invertebrate animals that includes jellyfish, sea anemones, hydroids, and corals. Formerly called Coelenterata.

Cnidaria [ni-dar´e-ah]
a phylum of marine invertebrates that includes sea anemones, hydras, jellyfish, and corals. See also coelenterata.

Cnidaria
a phylum of lowly animals including hydroids and hydromedusae (class Hydrozoa), true jellyfish and free-swimming medusae (class Scyphozoa) and sea anemones, sea pens and corals (class Anthozoa). Previously called Coelenterata and that name is still widely used.


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The most ancient animal groups (phyla) include the Porifera (sponges), Placozoa, Cnidaria, and Ctenophora (comb jellies).
 
 
 
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