#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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