cnidario

Definitions of cnidario
  1. noun
    radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
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    pólipo
    one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
    medusa
    any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
    hidrozoo
    colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
    antozoo
    sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
    hidra
    small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
    sifonóforo
    a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored
    anémona de mar
    marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
    coral
    marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
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    invertebrado
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification
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