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A polyp is anchored to substrate, like a rock or piece of coral. Anemones are polyps. They catch food with their tentacles and have the mouth on the upside.
A medusa is swimming freely. Jellyfish are medusa stages. They catch food with their trailing tentacles and have the mouth on the downside.
You can view polyps as the settled ´plant´ and medusa as the free-floating ´seed´, like in a dandelion. Though they aren´t plants at all, of course.
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What major difference distinguishes the life cycles of hydrozoans and anthozoans?
One major difference is that hydrozoans typically exhibit both medusa and polyp stages in their life cycle, while anthozoans only have a polyp form. Hydrozoans can undergo alternation of generations, switching between medusa and polyp forms, while anthozoans remain primarily as polyps throughout their life cycle.
Is a moon jelly a Medusa or a polyp?
polyp
What are the 2 distinct life stages of cnidarians?
The medusa (jellyfish like) and the polyp (sea anenome like)
Are what is the difference between a sissile polyp and a flat polyp. cause cancer?
Is there a difference between a sissile polyp and a flat polyp. Can either one be a cause of cancer
Compare and contrast the differences between jellyfish and sea anemone?
The main difference between jellyfish and sea anemone are their shapes. Jellyfish are a free-floating medusa shape while anemone are a polyp that remain anchored to the sea floor or rocks or coral. Both of these species feed by pulling prey into their mouth with stinging tentacles.
What are a medusa shape and a polyp shape look like?
A medusa looks like an umbrella and a polyp any idea!
What is the difference between a coral colony and a coral animal?
Are called "sea anemones" every coral of the order Actiniaria.
What are the two body forms of 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.
Describe the main differences between the polyp form of the cnidarians and the medusa form?
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Is star coral a polyp or a Medusa?
polyp! The star coral is attached and is faceup
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 shapes do cnidarains come in?
a Medusa or a Polyp.
