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Hydrozoa
Scyphozoa
Anthozoa
Cubozoa
Characteristics
100
The two stages this class alternates between
What is Polyp and Medusa stages.
100
True _______ live in this class
What is jellyfish
100
Anthozoans lack this stage
What is the medusa stage
100
The shape of the medusa
What is cube shaped
100
The reason cnidarians tend to live in shallower water
What is endosymbiotic algea
200
This organism only exists in the polyp stage
What is Hydra
200
The dominant life cycle of a scyphozoa
What is the medusa
200
the number of shapes and sized of anthozoans
What is an infinate amount
200
The most well known organism in this class
What is the box jelly
200
The main feeding strategy of cnidarians
What are nematocysts
300
This organism in native to our beaches and has a very strong sting.
What is portuguese man-of-war
300
The jellylike layer between the two membranes
What is mesoglea
300
This is the biggest living organism, and is an anthozoa
What is a coral reef
300
The box jelly is found in this continent
What is Austrailia
300
The two examples of prey
What are plankton and fish
400
what are the differences between the polyp and medusa stages?
One is starionary, while the other is free swimming.
400
jelly fish size ranges from ____ to _____
What is 12 mm to 2 meters
400
The shape of an anthozoa
What is an upright cylinder
400
This small box jelly can kill a human
What is iracongi
400
This allows cnidarians to digest their food
What is the gastroderm
500
Hydrozoans usually live in these
What are feathery colonies.
500
An example of a scyphozoan we often see on our beach
What is the moon jelly
500
Divides multiple times to create a coral reef
What is the "founder polyp"
500
The number of tenticles on a box jelly
What is 4
500
This allows cnidarians to regrow lost limbs
What are interstitial cells