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Cnidaria

[nī′dar·ē·ə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A phylum of the Radiata whose members typically bear tentacles and possess intrinsic nematocysts. Also known as Coelenterata.
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A search for predators and food selectivity of two native species of Hydra (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Brazil.
Estrutura populacional de Chrysaora lactea e Lychnorhiza lucerna (Cnidaria; Scyphozoa) em amostras de plancton, com a redescricao das especies.
Zagal CJ, Hirano YM, Mills CE, Edgar GJ and Barrett NS (2011) New records of Staurozoa from Australian coastal waters, with a description of a new species of Lucernariopsis Uchida, 1929 (Cnidaria, Staurozoa, Stauromedusae) and a key to Australian Stauromedusae.
First record of Lillipathes ritamariae Opresko and Breedy, 2010 (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) from the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
Dissociation and reaggregation of cells of Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Cnidaria. Scyphozoa).
Medusas (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) de una zona de afloramiento costero, Bahia Culebra, Pacifico, Costa Rica.
Despite the fact that its relation to other groups of animals is uncertain, Cloudina has been compared to cnidaria (medusas and corals) and annelida (polychaeta sea worms, earthworms and leeches).
Boring sponge 13 0 Cnidaria Aiptasia pallida Sea anemone 2 0 Haliplanella Striped anemone 2 0 luciae Annelida Hydroides spp.
"It's looking like a general rule that most of the genes that are fairly widely distributed in metazoa do exist in Cnidaria [hydralike organisms]," Grens concludes.
According to Rocha (2002), only 30% of the freshwater invertebrate diversity is presently known and some taxon as Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Nemertea, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Bryozoa, Annelida and several insect groups need specialists, collections and/or minimum updated information on identification, distribution and autoecology.
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