#phylum_Cnidaria__Cnidaria__Coelenterata__phylum_Coelenterata hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals
supertype: phylum (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
member of: subkingdom_Metazoa
member: coelenterate__cnidarian radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
member: polyp one of two forms that coelenterates take e.g. a hydra or coral: usually sedentary and has a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
member: medusa one of two forms that coelenterates take: is the free-swimming sexual stage in the life cycle of a coelenterate and has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
member: class_Scyphozoa__Scyphozoa coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes
member: scyphozoan any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle
member: genus_Chrysaora__Chrysaora a genus of Scyphozoa
member: Chrysaora_quinquecirrha a type of jellyfish
member: jellyfish__medusa__medusan any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
member: class_Hydrozoa__Hydrozoa coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes
member: hydrozoan__hydroid colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
member: genus_Hydra hydras
member: hydra small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
member: order_Siphonophora__Siphonophora marine colonial hydrozoans
member: siphonophore a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored
member: genus_Nanomia a genus of Siphonophora
member: nanomia small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope; each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey
member: genus_Physalia__Physalia Portuguese man-of-war
member: Portuguese_man-of-war__man-of-war__jellyfish large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles
member: genus_Sertularia__Sertularia sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies
member: sertularian feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps
member: class_Anthozoa__Anthozoa__Actinozoa__class_Actinozoa no alternation of generations the medusoid phase being entirely suppressed: sea anemones; corals
member: anthozoan__actinozoan sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
member: order_Actiniaria__Actiniaria__Actinaria__order_Actinaria sea anemones
member: sea_anemone__seaanemone marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
member: actinia__actinian__actiniarian any sea anemone or related animal
member: genus_Actinia__Actinia a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools
member: order_Alcyonaria__Alcyonaria corals and sea anemones having eight branches
member: suborder_Alcyonacea__Alcyonacea comprising the soft corals
member: family_Pennatulidae__Pennatulidae sea pens
member: genus_Pennatula__Pennatula type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens
member: sea_pen__seapen fleshy featherlike warm-water colonies
member: suborder_Gorgonacea__Gorgonacea__Gorgoniacea__suborder_Gorgoniacea red corals and sea fans
member: gorgonian_coral__gorgoniancoral__gorgonian corals having a horny of calcareous branching skeleton
member: order_Madreporaria__Madreporaria stony corals
member: stony_coral__stonycoral__madrepore__madriporian_coral__madriporiancoral corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands
member: genus_Maeandra__Maeandra brain corals
member: brain_coral__braincoral massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface
member: genus_Acropora__Acropora coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals
member: staghorn_coral__stag's-horn_coral large branching coral resembling antlers
member: genus_Fungia__Fungia mushroom corals
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