Phylum Cnidaria Biology for Majors II

Cnidaria Cnidaria are a large, largely marine phylum of planktonic, benthic, and interstitial animals Their main morphological synapomorphy

The phylum Cnidaria includes soft-bodied stinging animals such as corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish

cnidaria Cnidaria are aggressive but have a smaller aggro radius than other aquatic predators and are very slow The easiest way to deal with them is to just swim around

cnidaria All the Cnidaria are aquatic and nearly all are marine Corals, because of their shallow marine environment and their habit of accumulating a mineralised