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What are some special characteristics for cnidarians?
Jellyfish, corals, and box jellies
Which characteristics do scienctists use to classify cnidarians?
from other animals they get it
What are the characteristics of cnidarians?
All cnidarians have on their tentacles stinging cells called nematocytes. They have no brains or a central nervous system. Another common feature is that they all can regenerate, letting them produce asexually (without the need for another partner) and to recover from injury.
What characteristics gives cnidarians their name?
The characteristic that gives cnidarians their name is: cnidarian means "nettle" and nettles are plants that release stinging barbs into the skin. All cnidarians have stinging cell's. Cnidarians have complex tissues, a gut for digesting food, and a nervous system.
What are some kinds of cnidarians?
Jellyfish, corals, and box jellies are cnidarians.
What are three characteristics that all cnidarians have in common?
All cnidarians live in water, have tentacles with specialized stinging cells called nematocysts, and have an internal sac for digestion which is called the gastrovascular cavity.
What cnidarians produce asexually?
All Cnidarians can reproduce asexually through either budding, splitting down the center, and some can bot bud and split themselves. Some Cnidarians reproduce sexually as well, but not all.
Are jellyfish mammals?
No. Mammals have a spine, and produce milk for their young, and have at least SOME body hair. Jellyfish do not have these characteristics.
What are 3 characteristics of cnidaria?
3 characteristics of cnidarians are having tentacles, cnidocytes, and digestion. Cnidara have poisonous stinging cells and soft bodies. Stinging cells can be found in the tentacles of a jellyfish.
What are two types of cnidarians that are formed by colonies?
small cnidarians and big cnidarians
What symetry do cnidarians have?
Some have asymmetry, but most have radial symmetry.
A cavity that serves both digestive and circulatory purpose in some cnidarians?
A cavity that both digestive and circulatory serve are called cylindrical. This is the purpose of cnidarians.
