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  1. Cnidaria - Wikipedia

    Cnidarians are a very ancient phylum, with fossils having been found in rocks formed about 580 million years ago during the Ediacaran period, preceding the Cambrian Explosion. Other …

  2. Cnidarian | Definition, Life Cycle, Classes, & Facts | Britannica

    Oct 15, 2025 · Cnidarian, any member of the phylum Cnidaria (Coelenterata), a group of more than 9,000 species of mostly marine animals. The group includes corals, hydras, jellyfish, …

  3. Cnidarians - Examples, Characteristics, Reproduction, & Lifecycle

    Aug 24, 2024 · Cnidarians are diploblastic organisms, with their body cells organized in two distinct germinal layers, the ectoderm and endoderm. These cells are bound by intercellular …

  4. Cnidaria (corals, sea anemones, jellyfish, and relatives ... - ADW

    The Phylum Cnidaria includes such diverse forms as jellyfish, hydra, sea anemones, and corals. Cnidarians are radially or biradially symmetric, a general type of symmetry believed primitive …

  5. Phylum Cnidaria | manoa.hawaii.edu/ExploringOurFluidEarth

    The phylum Cnidaria (pronounced “nih DARE ee uh”) includes soft-bodied stinging animals such as corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish (Fig. 3.23 A). The phylum’s name is derived from the …

  6. Cnidarians ~ MarineBio Conservation Society

    Cnidarians are a diverse group of animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria. They are characterized by the presence of specialized stinging cells called cnidocytes, which are used …

  7. 28.2A: Phylum Cnidaria - Biology LibreTexts

    Phylum Cnidaria includes animals that show radial or biradial symmetry and are diploblastic: they develop from two embryonic layers. Nearly all (about 99 percent) cnidarians are marine species.

  8. Cnidaria - New World Encyclopedia

    Cnidaria (pronounced with a silent c) is a phylum containing some 11,000 species of relatively simple invertebrate animals found exclusively in aquatic, mostly marine, environments.

  9. Phylum Cnidaria – General characteristics and classification

    Mar 21, 2024 · Cnidaria is a phylum within the Kingdom Animalia that contains 10,000 known species, including corals, sea anemones, jellyfishes, and hydras. These organisms are found …

  10. Cnidaria: Characteristics, Diversity, and Adaptations

    Aug 29, 2023 · Cnidarians or Cnidaria are the first true metazoans (having bodies comprised of cells that are differentiated into tissues), exclusively aquatic. About 99% of Cnidarians occur in …