Cnidaria

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  • Noun:
    hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals

Word Origin

Cnidaria (n.)
phylum of stinging invertebrates, from Latinized form of Greek knide "nettle," from stem of knizein "to scratch scrape," + abstract noun ending -ia. Related: Cnidarian.

Example

1. Species diversity and distribution of Gorgonian ( Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Octocoral ) in Xiamen Bay and Dongshan Bay , Fujian
2. Actually , the term coral is much broader and refers to most of the animals in the class Hydrozoa of the Phylum Cnidaria .

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