Cnidaria
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Pelagia noctiluca (class Scyphozoa)
See also: cnidaria
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κνίδη (knídē, “nettle”).
Pronunciation
- English: (General American) IPA(key): /naɪˈdeɹ.i.ə/, /nɪˈdeɹ.i.ə/
Proper noun
Cnidaria
Hypernyms
- (phylum in Metazoa): Eukaryota - domain; Opisthokonta - clade; Metazoa - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom
- (phylum in Animalia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom
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
See also
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 the Tree of Life Web Project
