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Cubozoans, also known as box jellyfish, differ from scyphozoans in having a box-shaped bell and complex eyes. They are more advanced in terms of their nervous system and sensory structures. Compared to other cnidarians, cubozoans have more potent venom and a more potent sting that can be harmful to humans.

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Having a true coelom distinquishes cnidarians from sponges?

That is not accurate. Cnidarians actually have a simple coelom called a gastrovascular cavity, which functions in digestion and circulation. Sponges, on the other hand, lack a true coelom and instead have a porous body filled with channels for water circulation.


What are the main characteristics of sponges cnidarians and worms?

Sponges are invertebrate animals that usually have no body symmetry and never have tissues or organs. Cnidarians use stinging cells to capture food and defend themselves. Flatworms are flat and as soft as jelly. Unlike cnidarians or flatworms, roundworms have a digestive system that is like a tube, open at both ends. Earthworms and other segmented worms have bodies made up of many linked sections called segments.


Do Cnidarians change?

Cnidarians exhibit limited capacity for change, mainly through growth, regeneration, and asexual reproduction. They do not undergo drastic transformations like metamorphosis seen in some other animal groups. Adult cnidarians typically maintain the same body plan throughout their lives, with growth occurring primarily through increased cell numbers rather than significant morphological changes.


What animal does not display segmentation?

Jellyfish do not display segmentation. They have a simple, non-segmented body structure compared to other animals like earthworms or insects.


How do member of the two domains of prokaryotes differ?

They differ because one is cool and the other one is awesome

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What are 3 classes of Cnidarians and how are they different from each other exactly?

There are four classes of cnidarians. Syphozoans, Hydrozoans, Cubozoans, and Anthozoans. Anthozoans don't have a medusa stage of life, so they don't get credit for being a jellyfish because they are never free swimming medusae. Syphozoans are considered by scientists to be a 'jellyfish', but the other two classes are considered jellies also (with reservations) because even though they have two layers of epithelial tissue with mesoglea (non-living gelatinous secretion) between the exodermal and the endodermal layers of 'skin', they are not radially symmetric. Other invertebrates of the gelatinous marine environment include the ctenophores and scalps. Scyphozoans are characterized by their radially symmetric, umbrella shaped bodies. Hydrozoans are characterized by their colony of polyps, which are not radially symmetric. Cubozoans are characterized by their four sided, roughly cubical shaped bodies. They are also characterized by their 24 eyes, ability to perceive their environment, and actively both evade predators and pursue prey. These guys are not drifters, like most of the members of the 'jellyfish' distinction.


How does cnidarians get their energy?

Cnidarians aretypeof animals.They are heterotrophic. They feed on other animals


Which characteristics do scienctists use to classify cnidarians?

from other animals they get it


What makes hydras different from other cnidarians?

cnidarians move from place to place. sponges dont.


Who is the prey of the vampire squid?

prawns, copepods, cnidarians, and other small inverdebrates.


What does cnidarians look like that makes it different from other invertebrate groups?

Most cnidarians have tentacles with stinging cells surrounding their mouth. The mouth is the only body opening. All cnidarianshave radial symmetry.


Do Cnidarians have brains?

They don't technically have a brain. Echinoderms have a simple radial nervous system with a nerve net, like in jellyfish but different. The nerve net has no central brain, although there may be ganglia present.


Why are cnidarians endangered?

They're not, that I know of. They may be losing some of their habitat in some areas, but jellyfish, anenomes, coral and other of the invertebrates are thriving in other areas. The ones that i know are endangered are corals. They are being lost through bleaching, and dredging.


What is the cnidarians string cells?

They are called pneumatocysts. They are the stinging cells used for killing prey, as all cnidarians are predators. They are cells that contain poison, and have little barbs on them to inject the poison with. With some cnidarians, the little barbs are all that you feel because their poison is only strong enough to kill plankton. With other cnidarians, however, the poison in the pneumatocysts is strong and can be deadly. The main purpose of the pneumatocysts is to kill prey, but they are also useful against predators.


What is a zoanthid?

A zoanthid is any member of the order Zoanthideria of cnidarians found in coral reefs and other marine environments.


What are some resources from the ocean floor?

fish, mollusks, worms, crustaceans, echinoderms, sponges, tunicates and other cnidarians


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