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Describe the main differences between the polyp form of the cnidarians and the medusa form?
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What are two stages of cnidarians?
Polyp and medusa are two stages in life cycle of cnidarians , polyp is hydra like and medusa is jelly fish like .
What are the two body forms of cnidarians?
1. Polyp 2. Medusa
What are the Two general types of the cnidarians?
polyp and medusa
What is the free-floating body form of a cnidarians?
Medusa
What are the 2 distinct life stages of cnidarians?
The medusa (jellyfish like) and the polyp (sea anenome like)
What are two forms of shape within cnidarians?
poly and medusa
Two main forms of life for the cnidarians?
Polyps, which are Sessile or stationary, and Medusa which move.
What are the differences between the poriferans and cnidarians?
Cnidarians are radially symmetrical animals having sacklike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms whereas Poriferans are primitive multicellular marine animals whose porous bodies are supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; they usually occur in sessile colonies.
What are the two forms of cnidarians?
Cnidarians come in two forms: a medusa has tentacles that hang down and polyps usually live attached to a surface.
What body systems do cnidarians have?
The body systems that cnidarians have take two forms. The main body forms are medusa and polyp. Cnidarians do not have a transport system and the body surface is used for gaseous exchange.
What is the free floating body form of cnidarians?
Nearly all corals and some other cnidarians are attached and are called sessile .
What Organisms which typically exhibit a polyp stage and a medusa stage belong to which class of Cnidarians?
Obelia
