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    The Phylum Cnidaria

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    The document summarizes key details about the Phylum Cnidaria, including box jellyfish. It describes their radial symmetry, tentacles surrounding their mouth, and multi-stage lifecycle. It provides examples like jellyfish, hydra, and corals. It outlines the four classes - Anthozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, and Hydrozoa. For Cubozoa, it notes their box-shaped bell and flattened tentacles. Their lifecycle and reproduction is also summarized, from fertilization to polyp and medusa stages.

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    The document summarizes key details about the Phylum Cnidaria, including box jellyfish. It describes their radial symmetry, tentacles surrounding their mouth, and multi-stage lifecycle. It provides examples like jellyfish, hydra, and corals. It outlines the four classes - Anthozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, and Hydrozoa. For Cubozoa, it notes their box-shaped bell and flattened tentacles. Their lifecycle and reproduction is also summarized, from fertilization to polyp and medusa stages.

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    The document summarizes key details about the Phylum Cnidaria, including box jellyfish. It describes their radial symmetry, tentacles surrounding their mouth, and multi-stage lifecycle. It provides examples like jellyfish, hydra, and corals. It outlines the four classes - Anthozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, and Hydrozoa. For Cubozoa, it notes their box-shaped bell and flattened tentacles. Their lifecycle and reproduction is also summarized, from fertilization to polyp and medusa stages.

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    The Phylum Cnidaria

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    The document summarizes key details about the Phylum Cnidaria, including box jellyfish. It describes their radial symmetry, tentacles surrounding their mouth, and multi-stage lifecycle. It provides examples like jellyfish, hydra, and corals. It outlines the four classes - Anthozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, and Hydrozoa. For Cubozoa, it notes their box-shaped bell and flattened tentacles. Their lifecycle and reproduction is also summarized, from fertilization to polyp and medusa stages.

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    The Phylum

    Cnidaria
    Phylum
    Cnidarians or Coelenterates are jelly-like
    aquatic invertebrate animals that are
    Cnidaria
    radially symmetrical and have tentacles

    that encircle a mouth at one end of the


    body. The life-cycle of a cnidarian
    includes multiple distinct stages.
    Phylum Examples are:
    Cnidaria
    Jellyfish
    Differ in shape, size, and color. Some have shorter
    tentacles, and some have limbs with nematocysts.
    Hydra
    These are small freshwater organisms that resemble
    jellyfish. Interestingly, hydra have regenerative
    properties and don't seem to age in a traditional sense.
    Corals
    They live in large colonies that serve as sanctuaries
    and nurseries for fish and other marine organisms.
    Classes under Phylum
    There are four classes in the Phylum
    Cnidaria and those are;
    Cnidaria

    Class Anthozoa - includes sea


    anemones, sea pens, and corals, with an
    estimated number of 6,100 described
    species,
    Class Scyphozoa - (“cup animals”)
    includes all (and only) the marine jellies,
    with about 200 known species.
    Classes under
    Phylum Class Cubuzoa – This includes jellies that have
    a box-shaped medusa, or a bell that is square in
    Cnidaria cross-section, and are colloquially known as

    “box jellyfish”. And the last one is the-
    Class Hydrozoa – This class is a diverse group
    that includes nearly 3,200 species; most are
    marine, although some freshwater species are
    known. Most species exhibit both polypoid and
    medusoid forms in their lifecycles, although the
    familiar Hydra has only the polyp form.
    Class
    This class includes jellies that have a
    Cubuzoa

    box-shaped medusa, or a bell that is


    square in cross-section, and are
    colloquially known as “box jellyfish.”
    These animals are unusual in having
    image-forming eyes, including a
    cornea, lens, and retina. Because
    these structures are made from a
    number of interactive tissues, they can
    be called true organs.
    The Body
    Cubuzoans are also known as box
    System jellyfish because in transverse
    section the bells appear to be
    square. Tentacles are located at the
    corners of the square umbrella
    margin, and the base of each
    tentacle is distinctively flattened.
    The Life
    The life cycle of a box jellyfish is
    similar to other species of jellyfish. The
    Cycle
    adult jellies, called medusas, release
    eggs and sperm into the water. In some
    species, the male places a sperm packet
    inside the bell of the female, and the
    eggs develop there instead of in the open
    water.
    The Life
    The fertilized eggs develop into planulae,
    Cycle or jellyfish larvae. In this form they swim
    around for a few days until they settle
    onto a hard surface. The surface is
    usually coral or rocks on the seafloor.
    Once they attach, the planulae develop
    into polyps.
    Reproduction
    Box jellyfish or Cubuzoans are thought to
    reproduce in the spring season. During
    spring cubozoans travel to freshwater
    habitats to find partner. In the freshwater
    rivers adult box jellyfish lays eggs and
    sperms after which they die. Box jellyfish
    gather in large number in spring every year
    and soon after spawning they are as dead as
    a doornail.
    Reproduction
    Box jellyfish are oviparous, and they breed only
    once every year. The breeding season mostly
    begins in late summer and ends in early fall,
    male and female box jellyfish attains maturity at
    2 months age and adult parents do not
    contribute in rearing the young because the
    female dies soon after spawning. The average
    lifespan of box jellyfish is only 8-9 months.

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