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 or gastrovascular cavity. Nematocysts are a type of cnidae, and it is the presence of cnidae that separates jellyfish and other cnidarians from other animals. 		contain an explosive organelle, the cnida, which, upon proper 
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 Cnidarians have two basic body forms called polyp and medusa. 		with a combination of testes, ovary, and asexual bud. Cnidarians have two distinct morphological body plans known as polyp, which are sessile as adults, and medusa, which are mobile; some species exhibit both body plans in their lifecycle. 		call-outs, such as this one, refer to figures in Ruppert, Fox, and 
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 		its germ cells originated in the gastrodermis. Anthozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, and Hydrozoa make up the four different classes of Cnidarians. Jellies have no need for a stomach, intestine, or lungs: nutrients and oxygen slip in and out of their cell walls through the gastrodermis or even their bodies' outer cells. When touched, the cells are known to fire coiled threads that can either penetrate the flesh of the prey or predators of cnidarians, or ensnare it. Nematocysts (Gr. The pharynx of anthozoans (ingesting as well as egesting food) leads to the gastrovascular cavity, which is divided by mesenteries. A 
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 		mouth is usually surrounded by one or more circles of tentacles. November 17, 2013. Nematocysts, the most widely used term to describe the "stinging capsules" characteristic of the phylum Cnidaria, constitute the best-studied and most diverse group of cnidae, the secretory products of cnidocytes. 		in the epidermis of mature animals. cnidocytes are concentrated in rings, orbatteries, 
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