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

cnidarian, any member of the phylum Cnidaria , a group made up of more than 9,000 living species Mostly marine animals, the

cnidaria Phylum Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888 Class Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 Subclass Rugosa Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1850 Order Stauriida Verrill, 1865

cnidaria The term cnidaria is derived from stinging cells, called cnidocytes, present in this group They have a, two layered, sac body plan; the outer tissue layer is a