phylum coelenterata

Noun
  1. Hydras;
    Polyps;
    Jellyfishes;
    Sea anemones;
    Corals (synset 101911752)
    is a type of: phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
    member holonym:
    • cnidarian, coelenterate - radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
    • polyp - one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
    • medusa, medusan, medusoid - one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
    • class scyphozoa, scyphozoa - coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes
    • jellyfish - any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
    • class hydrozoa, hydrozoa - coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes
    • actinozoa, anthozoa, class actinozoa, class anthozoa - a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
    belongs to: metazoa, subkingdom metazoa - multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system
    same as: cnidaria, coelenterata, phylum cnidaria

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