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