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What are facts about cnidarians?
Fast Facts: CnidariansScientific Name: Cnidaria.Common Name(s): Coelenterates, corals, jellyfish, sea anemones, sea pens, hydrozoans.Basic Animal Grou...
What kind of environment do cnidarians live in?
Cnidarians can be found in almost all ocean habitats. They may live in water that is shallow or deep, warm or cold. A few species live in freshwater. ...
Do cnidarians have a backbone?
The kingdom of animals is informally divided into invertebrate animals, those without a backbone, and vertebrate animals, those with a backbone. ... T...
What makes a cnidarian unique?
Cnidarians have two distinct body plans, the medusa (a) and the polyp (b). All cnidarians have two membrane layers, with a jelly-like mesoglea between...
Where cnidarians are found?
Cnidarians can be found in almost all ocean habitats. They may live in water that is shallow or deep, warm or cold. A few species live in freshwater. ...
What do cnidarians use to control their movements?
How do cnidarians move?What structures allow cnidarians to control?What are cnidarians muscles controlled by?What is the movement of cnidarians coord...
How did the cnidarians get their name?
In Anthozoa (anemones, corals, etc.) and Scyphozoa (jellyfish), the mesoglea also contains some muscle cells. Cnidocytes, the harpoon-like "nettle cel...
What are cnidarians most common predators?
Predators of cnidarians include: sea slugs, which can incorporate nematocysts into their own bodies for self-defense; starfish, notably the crown of t...
Are cnidarians protostomes?
Cnidaria are neither protostomes or deuterostome, as both of these superphylum belong to the Bilateria clade of animals, animals that exhibit... What ...