Hydra - the polyp, anchored with a stalk, tentacles up; and medusa, the jellyfish, swimming free, tentacles down. All cnidarians have both stages, like larva and adult, but they spend more time in one of them and are known as that stage, for example anemones and jellyfish. Anemones have a tiny jellyfish dispersal stage, and jellyfish have a tiny polyp reproduction stage.
Cnidarians come in two forms: a medusa has tentacles that hang down and polyps usually live attached to a surface.
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.
poly and medusa
Polyps, which are Sessile or stationary, and Medusa which move.
The two forms of Cnidarians are the Medusoid or mobile form (e.g. Hydra), and the Polyp or sessile form (e.g. Aurelia).
small cnidarians and big cnidarians
The two body forms of cnidarians are the polyp and the medusa. Polyps are typically sessile, tube-shaped organisms attached to a substrate, while medusae are free-swimming, umbrella-shaped organisms.
Tragedy and Comedy
Comic and tragic.
Cnidarians, which include jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones, exhibit two primary body forms: the polyp and the medusa. The polyp is a sessile, cylindrical form that attaches to a substrate, while the medusa is a free-swimming, bell-shaped form. Both forms have a gastrovascular cavity for digestion and specialized cells called cnidocytes that contain stinging structures. The life cycle of many cnidarians involves a transition between these two forms.
Organisms such as cnidarians, sponges and some fungi can reproduce .
The two types of true tissue found in cnidarians are the epidermis and the gastrodermis.