Corals_ Cnidaria, Medusa. See also Stinging Jellies.
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Cnidaria include medusa jellies and coral polyps. They are ancient marine Invertebrate animals, having lived in the oceans for at least 500 million years. Cnidaria, with their symmetrical flower-like shapes are considered very pretty by many.
I have made a separate gallery for Stinging Jellies. Stinging Jellies are Coelenterates, commonly called jellyfish or jellies, and are free swimming marine animals, typically with a bell-shaped dome and stinging tentacles. They are not fish. They are typically translucent but have definite muscular form, which loco motes them in open water. Jellies are in the phylum Cnidarians; class: Scyphozoa. They are a dome-shaped, usually marine, invertebrate animal that pulses and drifts in the water (pelagic) They have tentacles with stinging nematocysts in their medusa stage. Initially they have a polyp stage. Box Jellies of the subclass cub medusae or cubozoan are somewhat cube-shaped, with one or more stinging tentacles hanging from each corner. They can be dangerous.
I have made a separate gallery for Stinging Jellies. Stinging Jellies are Coelenterates, commonly called jellyfish or jellies, and are free swimming marine animals, typically with a bell-shaped dome and stinging tentacles. They are not fish. They are typically translucent but have definite muscular form, which loco motes them in open water. Jellies are in the phylum Cnidarians; class: Scyphozoa. They are a dome-shaped, usually marine, invertebrate animal that pulses and drifts in the water (pelagic) They have tentacles with stinging nematocysts in their medusa stage. Initially they have a polyp stage. Box Jellies of the subclass cub medusae or cubozoan are somewhat cube-shaped, with one or more stinging tentacles hanging from each corner. They can be dangerous.
