Phylum Cnidaria

Phylum Cnidaria
Pore Bearers
Marine Freshwater
Filter Feeders
Totipotency
Sym-Assym
Indeterminate
Growth
Phylum Cnidaria
Pore Bearers
Marine Freshwater
Filter Feeders
Totipotency
Sym-Assym
Indeterminate
Growth
Phylum Cnidaria
Pore Bearers
Marine Freshwater
Filter Feeders
Totipotency
Sym-Assym
Indeterminate
Growth
Phylum Cnidaria
Coelenteron
Tentacles
Radial symmetry
Body Form: Polyp
stalked
flower
Pedal Disc
Column
Oral Disc
Periderm
Body Form: Medusae
umbrella
Subumbrella
Exumbrella
Manubrium
Mesoglea
Singularity-Coloniality
Types of Colony Formation
Types of Colony Formation
Types of Colony Formation
Types of Colony Formation
Skeleton
Muscular System
Muscular System
Nervous System
Nervous System
Cnidocytes and Cnidae
Coelenteron
Gas Exchange and Excretion
Redproduction and Development
Redproduction and Development
Redproduction and Development
Sexual Reproduction
Pore Bearers
Marine Freshwater
Filter Feeders
Totipotency
Sym-Assym
Indeterminate
Growth
Sexual Reproduction
Pore Bearers
Marine Freshwater
Filter Feeders
Totipotency
Sym-Assym
Indeterminate
Growth
Class Anthozoa
Flower Animals
Largest Taxon
6,000+ species
Solitary to Colonial
Polyps ONLY
NO Medusae
Sexual-Asexual
All 3 Cnidae
Sexual Reproduction
Pore Bearers
Marine Freshwater
Filter Feeders
Totipotency
Sym-Assym
Indeterminate
Growth
Sexual Reproduction
Pore Bearers
Marine Freshwater
Filter Feeders
Totipotency
Sym-Assym
Indeterminate
Growth
Sexual Reproduction
Pore Bearers
Marine Freshwater
Filter Feeders
Totipotency
Sym-Assym
Indeterminate
Growth
Sexual Reproduction
Polyp Structure
Pore Bearers
Marine Freshwater
Filter Feeders
Totipotency
Sym-Assym
Indeterminate
Growth
 Diversity
SC Hexacorallia
~4,000 species
Multiples of 6
Complete-Incomplete
Septae
Paired Septae
Nematocysts
Spirocysts
Colonial-Solitary
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Scleractinia
Stony Corals
3,600 species
Mostly Colonial
CaCO3 Skeleton
A/Zooxanthellate
SC Hexacorallia
O Scleractinia
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Scleractinia
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Zooanthidea
200 species
NO CaCO3
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
 SC Hexacorallia
O Corallimorpharia
Coral Anemones
50 species
NO CaCO3
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Antipatharia
150 species
Black corals
gorgonin
SC Hexacorallia
O Actinaria
Anemones
Sea Anemones
Solitary-Colonial
1350 species
SC Hexacorallia
O Ceriantharia
Tube Anemones
75 species
Solitary
Burrowing
With Tubes
SC Octocorallia

2000 species
All Marine
Mostly Colonial
Octamerous
SC Octocorallia
O Stolonifera
Coenosarcal
Stolonate
SC Octocorallia
O Stolonifera
Coenosarcal
Stolonate
SC Octocorallia
O Helioporacea
Coenosarcal
Iron Salts +CaCO3
SC Octocorallia
O ALcyonacea
Leather Corals
Thick Coenosarc
Spicules
SC Octocorallia
O Pennatulacea
Sea Pens
Sea Feathers
Colonial
Axial Polyp
Rachis+Peduncle
The Medusozoa

With Medusoid
phase
Tetramerous
symmetry
Linear mDNA
Nematocysts ONLY
Class Scyphozoa

Cup animals
All marine (?)
200 species
Large dominant
medusae
The Scyphozoa
Scyphistomae
Solitary colonial
Periderm
Tetramerous sym
Gastrodermal Septae
Septal Funnels
The Scyphozoa
Scyphistomae
Solitary colonial
Periderm
Tetramerous sym
Gastrodermal Septae
Septal Funnels
The Scyphozoa
Scyphistomae
Solitary colonial
Periderm
Tetramerous sym
Gastrodermal Septae
Septal Funnels
The Scyphozoa
The Medusae
 The Scyphozoa
O. Samaeostomae
 The Scyphozoa
O. Rhizostomeae
 The Scyphozoa
O. Rhizostomeae
 The Scyphozoa
O. Cubomedusae
 The Scyphozoa
O. Cubomedusae
 The Scyphozoa
O. Cubomedusae
The Medusozoa

Sea Pens
Sea Feathers
Colonial
Axial Polyp
Rachis+Peduncle
The Scyphozoa
O. Coronatae
 The Scyphozoa
O. Stauromedusae
Class Hydrozoa

Water Animals
Mostly colonial
Polyp+zooids
3000 sp
Epidermal
nematocysts
A and L forms
Class Hydrozoa

Water Animals
Mostly colonial
Polyp+zooids
3000 sp
Epidermal
nematocysts
A and L forms
The Medusozoa

Sea Pens
Sea Feathers
Colonial
Axial Polyp
Rachis+Peduncle
The Medusozoa

Sea Pens
Sea Feathers
Colonial
Axial Polyp
Rachis+Peduncle
The Medusozoa

Sea Pens
Sea Feathers
Colonial
Axial Polyp
Rachis+Peduncle
The Medusozoa

Sea Pens
Sea Feathers
Colonial
Axial Polyp
Rachis+Peduncle
The Medusozoa

Sea Pens
Sea Feathers
Colonial
Axial Polyp
Rachis+Peduncle