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- 5. inner layer of cells that serves as a lining membrane of the gastrovascular cavity of cnidarians
- 6. skeleton (hydroskeleton) a flexible skeleton supported by fluid pressure
- 8. a free-swimming sexual form of a coelenterate such as a jellyfish, typically having an umbrella-shaped body with stinging tentacles around the edge
- 9. a free-swimming coelenterate larva with a flattened, ciliated, solid body
- 10. a structure in coelenterates, such as jellyfish, consisting of a capsule containing a hollow coiled thread that can be everted to sting or paralyze prey & enemies
- 11. a specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey
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- 1. cavity primary organ of digestion & circulation in two major animal phyla: the coelenterates or cnidarians & Platyhelminthes
- 2. the fixed polyp-like stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish, which reproduces asexually by budding
- 3. extracellular matrix found in cnidarians like coral or jellyfish that functions as a hydrostatic skeleton
- 4. a solitary a colonial sedentary form of a coelenterate such as a sea anemone, typically having a columnar body with the mouth uppermost surrounded by a ring of tentacles.
- 7. specialized neural cells that typify the phylum Cnidaria ( sea anemones, corals, hydroids, & jellyfish)
- 12. a larval jellyfish, after it has separated from the scyphistoma