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Definition of Coelentera

Coelentera
Coelentera C[oe]*len"te*raor Coelenterata C[oe]*len`te*ra"ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? hollow + ? intestines.] (Zo["o]l.) A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.

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- Radiata or Radiates is a historical taxonomic rank that was used to classify animals with radially symmetric body plans. The term Radiata is no longer...
- Cnidaria and Ctenophora have less in common than previously ****umed. Coelentera may only be monophyletic if both Placozoa and Bilateria are included....
- Species-identification.org. Retrieved 2015-08-19. Browne, Edward T. (1907). "Coelentera". In Bell, Jeffrey (ed.). Natural History: Voyage of the S.S. Discovery...
- These he called Coelentera, and showed that they had no special affinity with echinoderms, polyzoa, etc. He further divided the Coelentera into a group Hydrozoa...
- Wood****, W.F.R. Weldon and E. Ray Lankester Part 2: The Porifera and Coelentera (1900) by E.A. Minchin, G. Herbert Fowler and Gilbert C. Bourne ('Introduction'...
- ISSN 0303-2515. Williams, Gary C. (1990). "The Pennatulacea of Southern Africa (Coelentera, Anthozoa)". Annals of the South African Museum. 99 (4). ISSN 0303-2515...