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cnidarians
| cnidarians | characteristics |
|---|---|
| cnidarians | soft-bodied aminals with stinging tentacles arranged in circles around the mounth |
| polpy | this is the sessile form |
| medusa | this is the motile form |
| gastrovascular cavity | where digestion occurs |
| nematocysts | stinging structures on the tentacles |
| gastroderm | innermost layer of tissue |
| epidermis | outer most layer of tissue |
| mesoglea | middle layer of cells |
| statocysts | simple organs that are involved in balance of the medusae |
| Ocelli | detect the presence of light |
| hydrozoa | a cnidarian that spend most of its life in the sessile polyp form |
| freshwater hydrozoa | do not have the medusa stage |
| hermaphrodite | have both reproductive organs |