Cnidaria (phylum)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Living organisms

Jerarquía

Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom)

Descripción

Phylum of aquatic invertebrates typically having a simple tube-shaped or cup-shaped body, which includes sea anemones, hydras, jellyfish, and corals. There are over 9000 species living today. More or less radially symmetrical marine invertebrates having a single internal cavity serving for digestion, excretion, and other functions, and usually a circle of tentacles around the mouth for catching prey, some provided with paralyzing stings.

Subcategorías

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265921

Otros términos

  • cnidarians [en]
  • cnidarian [en]
  • coelenterates [en]
  • coelenterate [en]
  • Coelentera [en]
  • Coelenterata [en]
  • Coelentrata [en]