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Cnidaria

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[nahy-dair-ee-uh] / naɪˈdɛər i ə /

noun

Zoology.
  1. an alternative name for the invertebrate phylum Coelenterata, giving emphasis to the stinging structures as characteristic of the phylum.


Etymology

Origin of Cnidaria

From New Latin; see origin at cnida, -aria

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However, Moysiuk says these might have been comb jellies from the Ctenophora phylum, rather than the Cnidaria phylum which includes jellyfish, corals and sea anemones.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2023

Such hydrozoans form a subgroup of Cnidaria, a phylum whose members also include jellyfish and coral.

From Scientific American May 3, 2023

Colour coding: purple, ctenophore; yellow, Porifera; pink, Cnidaria; light blue, Bilateria. b, Removal of fast-evolving taxa Trichoplax and Caenorhabditis improves topological robustness.

From Nature May 20, 2014

Compare the structural differences between Porifera and Cnidaria.

From Textbooks Apr. 25, 2013

A corresponding germinal condition, the two-layered gastrula, occurs transitorily in the embryological history of all the other Metazoa, from the lowest Cnidaria and Vermes up to man.

From Monism as Connecting Religion and Science A Man of Science by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

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