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Cnidaria
‖
Cni-da′ri-a
(nĭ-dā′rĭ-ȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Cnida
.] (Zool.)
A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Cœlenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (
cnidae
) in the tissues. See Coelenterata
. Definition 2024
Cnidaria
Cnidaria
See also: cnidaria
Translingual
Proper noun
Cnidaria
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
References
- 1 2 3 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521