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What is a medusae?
Medusae are the adult, free-swimming stage of jellyfish, characterized by a bell-shaped body with tentacles hanging down. They are capable of movement and capturing prey using their stinging tentacles. Medusae are part of the life cycle of most jellyfish species.
Do jellyfish put their food in their mouth or drop it in their mouth?
Since jellyfish float in the water with their tentacles hanging down, you would say they put food into their mouth.
What is the body form of a jellyfish?
Medusa body form. Medusa-Umbrella shaped, tentacles hanging down. Swim about.
How would a jellyfish catch a fish?
jellyfish have tentacles hanging down and streaming behind them in the ocean that have poisonous stingers on them, and other tentacles that grasp prey that has been stung and pulls it up into itself.
What is the Phylum Classification and Dichotomous Key for a jellyfish?
Phylum: Cnidaria Dichotomous key: Does the organism have a bell-shaped body? (Yes - Proceed to 2, No - Not a jellyfish) Does the organism have tentacles hanging down? (Yes - Likely a jellyfish, No - Not a jellyfish)
Identify the organisms that are also called cup animals?
Organisms that are also called cup animals are typically known as jellyfish. Jellyfish belong to the phylum Cnidaria and are characterized by their dome-shaped body with tentacles hanging down like a cup. They are marine animals found in oceans around the world.
What is the diffence between polyp and Medusa?
polyp---sea anenome, medusa---jellyfish Phlycabs In plain English a polyp is a cylinder with tentacles at the top. The Hydra looks like a tin can with slender arms coming from the top of its body. This body form does not move and the animals are trappers. The medusa is an umbrella shaped structure with tentacles hanging down from it. The jellyfish is an example. These animals move. During the reproductive stages of the jellyfish there is a time when they take on the polyp form. Then they bud off and become medusa. Nighthawk
What do the moon jellies look like?
Moon jellies are translucent, appearing almost colorless with a delicate shimmer that makes them look like they are glowing. They have a saucer-like shape with short tentacles hanging down in a fringe along the edge of their bell. These jellyfish have a gentle pulsing movement as they drift through the water.
What group of animals have no heads or tails?
Jellyfish are a group of animals that lack a defined head or tail. Their body structure is radially symmetrical, with their mouth positioned in the center of their body. Their bodies are composed of a bell-like structure with tentacles hanging down.
How is a Jellyfish fish different from a Portuguese Man o War?
A jellyfish is a type of free-swimming marine animal belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, while the Portuguese Man o' War is not a single organism but a colonial organism made up of individual zooids working together. Jellyfish have a bell-shaped body with tentacles hanging down, while the Portuguese Man o' War has a gas-filled bladder that floats on the surface of the water with long tentacles extending below. Additionally, jellyfish are typically found worldwide in oceans, while Portuguese Man o' War are usually found in tropical and subtropical regions.
A is the sexual form of a cnidarin that has a body form like an umbrella with tentacles hanging down?
medusa
What are two body forms in the phylum cnidarian?
The two body forms in the phylum Cnidarian are the polyp and medusa. Polyps are usually stationary, with a cylindrical body and tentacles surrounding a central mouth. Medusas are free-swimming and have a bell-shaped body with tentacles hanging down.
