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1
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What type of animals are most in the phylum Cnidaria?

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Marine (jellyfish, coral, sea anemones, Portuguese man of war)

2
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Hydras are found where?

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Freshwater

3
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In the phylum Cnidaria all have what?

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Arm-like tentacles

4
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Cnidarian a have what kind of symmetry?

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Radial

5
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Cnidarians have a single gut (gastrovascular cavity) that has a single opening that serves as what?

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Both mouth and anus

6
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The cnidarians have how many tissue layers?

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2 (diploblastic)

7
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The cnidarian has

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An outer epidermis and inner gastro dermis

8
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Cnidarians are either

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Tubular or bell shaped

9
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Between two cell layers that supports cnidarians

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Jelly like mesoglea

10
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Tentacles surround the

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Mouth

11
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Cnidarians are the only animal with

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Cnidocytes (stinging cells)

12
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The cnidocytes are found where?

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The tentacles

13
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Coiled, harpoon like stinger inside the cnidocytes that shoot out

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Nematocysts

14
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Cnidocytes contain

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Poison to paralyze prey

15
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Tentacles bring food into

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The mouth

16
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The inner gastrodermis secretes

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Digestive juices into the gastro vascular cavity

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The gastro vascular cavity

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Digests food and circulates nutrients

18
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Food is digested outside the cell

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Extra cellular digestion

19
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Cnidarians systems have a simple

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Nerve net and sensory receptors

20
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In Cnidarians muscles help in

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Directional movement and capturing prey

21
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Scyphozoans

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Jelly fish

22
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Anthozoans

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Sea anemones, corals

23
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Hydrozoans

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Hydra

24
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Cubozoa

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Box jellies

25
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In the scyphozoan what is the dominant body form?

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Medusa

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The scyphozoans go through

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A small polyp stage during their life cycle

27
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Scyphozoans have

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Stinging tentacles

28
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Jellyfish may live

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Close to the shore or the open ocean

29
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Brightly colored and resemble flowers
Solitary polyps
Feed on invertebrates and fish

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Sea anemones

30
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Sea anemones have a mutualistic relationship with

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Various species of anemone fish

31
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The fish receive protection from living in the anemone and the anemone recieved

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Food from the fish

32
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Most are colonial

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Corals

33
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Hard corals build

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Limestone case

34
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Corals live as

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Polyps in their case

35
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Most corals have a symbiotic relationship with

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Zooanthellae (dinoflagellate algae)

36
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The algae live inside the coral providing

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Food and helping to eliminate waste through photosynthesis

37
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Corals grow best in

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Tropical well lit and clear water

38
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Many also have algae inside them

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Anemones

39
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Hard coral are the most ecologically significant thanks to

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The massive calcium carbonate reefs they build

40
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Sensitive to runoffs, fertilizers, etc.

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Corals

41
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When a coral is stressed and becomes colorless

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Coral bleaching

42
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Coral bleaching is a sign of

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A diseased and dying colony

43
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Soft coral and sea fans grow into

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Treelike structures built on protein skeletons

44
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NOT reef builders

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Corals

45
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Exist only as polyps

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Hydra

46
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Reproduce by budding

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Hydra

47
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Fresh water only

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Hydra

48
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Move by somersaulting with tentacles

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Hydrozoans

49
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Form resistant zygotes when the environment is bad

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Hydra

50
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Hydra

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Portuguese man of war

51
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Portuguese man of war are

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Colonia

52
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Portuguese man of war contain

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Tentacles

53
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In hydra polyps

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In colony feed

54
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Portuguese man of war has

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Has filled air float

55
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Most hydrozoans alternate

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Polyp and medusa forms

56
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Larva

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Planula

57
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Called com jellies

All marine

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Ctenophoran

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There are how many species in ctenophoran

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Approximately 100

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Ctenophorans may be

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Spherical elongated or Ovid

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Appear to be bioluminescent

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Ctenophores

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Ctenophoran have

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Radial symmetry

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How many species does the phylum Cnidaria contain?

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About 9,000

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Have 8 plates of fused cilia that resemble combs

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Ctenophoran

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Ctenophoran move by

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Beating cilia

65
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Most f the body is jelly-like mesoglea

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Ctenophoran

66
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Ctenophoran body and tentacles covered with

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Sticky mucus to catch prey

67
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Has numerous tentacles and is bell shaped

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Moon jelly

68
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Has 2 tentacles and 8 plates of fused cilia

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Comb jelly

69
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Have the same 2 layers of dermal tissue, have mesoglea, have a nervous system and muscle system

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Both the moon jelly and comb jelly

70
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What are the 4 classes of phylum Cnidaria?

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Hydrozoa
Scyphozoa
Cubozoa
Anthozoa

71
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What type of symmetry is found in cnidarians?

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Radial or biradial

72
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What are the two basic body forms or styles of Cnidarians?

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Polyps and medusae

73
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What is the coelenteron?

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A single opening that serves as both a mouth and anus; extensible tentacles usually encircling the mouth or oral region

74
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What is the polyp form found in Cnidarians body structure?

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Tubular body with a mouth at one end surrounded by tentacles

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Where are the tentacles located in Cnidarians? (Polyp)

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By the mouth

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Where is the mouth located in Cnidarians? (Polyp)

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The end of the polyp

77
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The medusa body form in Cnidarians body structure

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Body parts arranged in fours (tetramerous symmetry)

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Where are the tentacles located in the medusa body form of Cnidarians?

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Extend from the rim of the umbrella margin

79
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Where is the mouth located medusa form Cnidarians

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Usually centered on the concave side (oral surface)

80
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A tiny capsule composed of material similar to chitin which contains a coiled thread

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Nematocyst

81
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Cell that secretes and encloses the nematocyst

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Cnidocyte

82
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A trigger like structure of the cnidocyte

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Cnidocil

83
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The primitive nervous system of Cnidarians

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Nerve net

84
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Some Cnidarians contain an extension found in the oral surface that contains the mouth called

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Manubrium

85
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What type of skeleton do Cnidarians contain?

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Hydrostatic skeleton

86
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A gelatinous or jelly like layer which lies between the epidermis and gastrodermis and adheres to both layers

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Mesoglea

87
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How do hydra and sea anemone move about on the sea floor?

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Gliding in their basal discs aided by mucus secretions

88
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What two types of digestion occur in Cnidarians?

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Extra cellular and intracellular

89
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In sexual reproduction where do most Cnidarians she’s their gametes?

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Directly into the water

90
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The embryo characteristically develops into a free swimming planula larva

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Planula

91
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Most common type of asexual reproduction in Cnidarians

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Budding

92
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How many types of Portuguese man of war are there?

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3: dactylozooids, gastro zooids, gonozooids

93
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The true jellyfish “Aurelia” are found in which class?

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Scyphozoans

94
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What is the dominant body form of the jellyfish?

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Medusae

95
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What is the manubrium on jellyfish

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An extension of the mouth (throat like)

96
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Scyphozoans are

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Dioecious