Definition of Cnidaria. Meaning of Cnidaria. Synonyms of Cnidaria

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Definition of Cnidaria

Cnidaria
Cnidaria Cni*da"ri*a, n. pl. [NL. See Cnida.] (Zo["o]l.) A comprehensive group equivalent to the true C[oe]lenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata.

Meaning of Cnidaria from wikipedia

- Cnidaria (/nɪˈdɛəriə, naɪ-/), is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic animals found both in freshwater and marine...
- investigations on systematics and evolution of the class Scyphozoa and the phylum Cnidaria" (PDF). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. 20: 35–61...
- transforming into polyps and cell transdifferentiation in Turritopsis nutricula (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)". Biological Bulletin. 190 (3): 302–312. doi:10.2307/1543022...
- an internal digestive chamber with either one opening (in Ctenophora, Cnidaria, and flatworms) or two openings (in most bilaterians). Nearly all animals...
- Coelenterata is a term encomp****ing the animal phyla Cnidaria (coral animals, true jellies, sea anemones, sea pens, and their relatives) and Ctenophora...
- within Hydrozoa, which is a class of marine organisms within the phylum Cnidaria. According to the World Register of Marine Species, the order contains...
- Medusozoa is a clade in the phylum Cnidaria, and is often considered a subphylum. It includes the classes Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Staurozoa and Cubozoa, and...
- conditions, they may be stranded by the thousand on beaches. Like other Cnidaria, Velella velella are carnivorous. They catch their prey, generally plankton...
- and medusa stages in their life cycle. Hydrozoa belongs to the phylum Cnidaria, which are aquatic (mainly marine) organisms that are relatively simple...
- terrestrial flowering plant. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Hexacorallia. As cnidarians, sea anemones are...