Cnidaria

See also: cnidaria

Translingual

Pelagia noctiluca (class Scyphozoa)

Etymology

Ancient Greek κνίδη (knídē, “nettle”)

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /naɪˈdeɹ.i.ə/, /nɪˈdeɹ.i.ə/

Proper noun

Cnidaria

The corals, hydra, jellyfish etc
1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Metazoa.
2. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Animalia.[1]

Hypernyms

(phylum in Metazoa): Eukaryota - domain; Opisthokonta - clade; Metazoa - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom
(phylum in Animalia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom[1]

Hyponyms

(phylum in Metazoa): Anthozoa (corals and sea anemones), Cubozoa (sea wasps or box jellyfish), Hydrozoa (hydroids; hydra-like animals), Scyphozoa (true jellyfish), Staurozoa (stalked jellyfish) (classes)
(phylum in Animalia): Anthozoa, Medusazoa, Myxozoa - subphyla
- Anthozoa; Cubozoa, Hydrozoa, Polypodizoa (a single species of fish parasite), Scyphozoa, Staurozoa; Malacosporea, Myxosporea (parasites requiring two hosts in their life cycles) - classes[1]

See also

Radiata

References

Cnidaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cnidaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Cnidaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cnidaria at World Register of Marine Species
Cnidaria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Cnidaria at Encyclopedia of Life
Cnidaria at the Tree of Life Web Project

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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