
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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 …