Cnidaria and classes
What is a Cnidaria?
How big is the Immortal Jellyfish?
What is it called when the baby jellyfish cannot move?
Sessile
What are three species of jellyfish that can glow in the dark?
Comb jellyfish, Atolla jellyfish, and Crystal jellyfish
What kind of symmetry do jellyfish have?
Radial Symmetry
What animals are in the class Anthozoa?
Sea anemones and coral
What is the most venomous type of jellyfish?
Box Jellyfish
What is the adult form of a jellyfish?
Medusa
Are jellyfish vertebrates or invertebrates?
Invertebrates
What animal is not usually able to get stung by a jellyfish?
Turtles
What class are hydras apart of?
Hydroza
What species represents soft coral?
Upside-down Jellyfish
What is the younger stage of a jellyfish called?
Polyp
What “vital” organs do jellyfish lack?
A brain, heart, lungs
What animal could jellyfish be older than? Why?
Dinosaurs; Jellyfish can regenerate and bud so part of them will always be living.
What is the main difference between the class Cubozoa(box jellyfish) and Scyphozoa?
The box jellyfish has a box shaped bell and the other jellyfish have a rounded, saucer-shaped bell
approximately 2,000
How do jellyfish reproduce?
Sexually
About what percent of jellyfish is water?
About 95%
What are jellyfish able to do if they are cut in half?
Regenerate the missing piece
What are the three types of coral that are Cnidarians?
Sea pen, sea anemone, and sea fans
The Lion‘s Mane Jellyfish(100 feet or more)
At what stage does a jellyfish become motile?
Medusa stage
What is the inner, outer, and and middle layer of a jellyfish called
Inner- gastrodermis
Outer- epidermis
Middle- mesoglea
In 1994, jellyfish were sent to space by NASA to test how microgravity affects their sense of balance