A medusa has a bowl shaped body with stinging cells on the tips of their tentacles. Their mouth is located on the bottom where their tentacles are, and their central cavity is in the middle of their body. A polyp's body is shaped like a vase with stinging cells at the end of their tentacles, and their central cavity in the middle of their body. Their mouth is on the top of their body with their tentacles.
A sea anemone has a flexible, cylindrical body with a central mouth that is surrounded by long tentacles.
No, a free swimming form of a cnidarian is called a medusa. Polyps are typically attached to a substrate and have a cylindrical body with a mouth surrounded by tentacles at one end. Medusae have a bell-shaped body with tentacles hanging down.
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It's a "polyp" bro.
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Cnidarians have two main body forms: the medusa form, which is free-swimming and umbrella-shaped, and the polyp form, which is stationary and tube-shaped. Medusae have tentacles around the edge and a central mouth, while polyps have a columnar body with tentacles surrounding a central mouth.
The first body plan is a Medusa bosy plan which is like a jellyfish the one above is a medusa. the mouth it located at the bottom of the body. The appendeges are also located at the bottom. A polyp (on the right) ,like a sea anemone, has the appendeges at the top along with the mouth. They are also attached to solid ground unlike Medusas.
An octopus' mouth is centered on the underside of the body in the middle of the tentacles. Fun fact: an octopus has a beak.
They use their tentacles to catch and bring in their prey. Then the drag it to their mouth.
The Hydra of Greek mythology was a monster with multiple heads and a serpent's body. In biology is the Hydra small animal with a tubular body with a simple adhesive foot. The free end of the body has a mouth opening surrounded by one to twelve thin, mobile tentacles.
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.