Cnidaria
See also: cnidaria
Translingual
Pelagia noctiluca (class Scyphozoa)
Etymology
Ancient Greek κνίδη (knídē, “nettle”)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /naɪˈdeɹ.i.ə/, /nɪˈdeɹ.i.ə/
Proper noun
Cnidaria
- The corals, hydra, jellyfish etc
- A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Metazoa.
- A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Animalia.[1]
Hypernyms
- (phylum in Metazoa): Eukaryota - domain; Opisthokonta - clade; Metazoa - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom
- (phylum in Animalia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom[1]
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[1]
See also
- Radiata
References
Cnidaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cnidaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cnidaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cnidaria at World Register of Marine Species
- Cnidaria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Cnidaria at Encyclopedia of Life
- Cnidaria at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521