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Coelenterata

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Coelenterata /Coe·len·ter·a·ta/ (se-len″ter-a´tah) former name for a phylum of invertebrates that included the hydras, jellyfish, sea anemones, and corals, which are now assigned to the phylum Cnidaria.
Coe·len·ter·a·ta (s-lnt-rt)
n.
A phylum of invertebrate animals including the jellyfishes, hydras, sea anemones, and corals.

Coelenterata.
See Cnidaria.

Coelenterata [se-len″ter-a´tah]
former name for a phylum of marine invertebrates now assigned to the phylum cnidaria.

Coelenterata
a phylum of invertebrates including the hydras, jellyfish, sea anemones and corals. The most modern nomenclature is cnidaria.


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