PHYLUM CNIDARIA

Phylum Cnidaria Class Hydrozoa Genus hydra/ with "buds "- known as the polyp body form Form of Asexual reproduction- in which one parent grows another hydra from intestial cells in the epidermis of its body wall

Phylum cnidaria class hydrozoa genus: hydra also with buds that show asexual reproduction

phylum cnidaria class cubozoa common name : box jellyfish

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Phylum Cnidaria Genus Physalia common name: Portuguese man of war preserved specimen and plastomount on demonstration pneumatophore (gas filled float) with crest tentacles

dactylozooids aid in defense gastrozooids aid in feeding gonozoids aid in reproduction review the slide

Phylum cindaria class anthozoa (sea anemones, sea fans, sea pins, sea whips, sea pansies, corals) Genus: metridium- sea anemones

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phylum cnidaria class hydrozoa genus- obelia medusa

phylum cnidaria class hydrozoa genus- obelia medusa tentacles radial canals manibrium= lobes encircling the mouth gonads

phylum: cnidaria class: anthrozoa common name: mushroom coral

phylum: cindaria class: anthrozoa common name: brain coral

phylum cnidaria class scyhoza: true jellyfish the common moon jellyfish

planula:free swimming larva scyphistoma- poly strobila- polyp budding asexually ephyra-juvenile medusa

Phylum Ctenophora Common name : comb jellies genus: pleurobrachia

preserved specimen and prepared plastomount on demonstration similar in form to cnidarians but with a few major differences 1- they have sticky glue-like structures called colloblasts on their tentacles instead of cindocytes and 2- they have rows of comb like cillia called ctenes for locomtion (no medusa bell)

Phylum cnidaria class hydrozoa genus : obelia

phylum cnidaria class hydrozoa genus; obelia

Phylum cindaria class athozoa genus Gorgonia

a placemount on demo showing the microscopic polyps of a sea fan