Kuhlekonke All about Cnidarians ● Examples of include jellyfish, blue bottles, sea anemones and corals ● Aquatic and most are found in sea water ● The body is radially symmetrical and consists of two cell layers (Ectoderm on the outside and encoders on the inside ●A non-cellular, Jelly like layer, called the mesoglea, occurs between the two layer ● It is diploblastic ● Acoelomate= no coelomate ●Coelentron= only one opening to the outside, the mouth ● Coelentron acts as a hydrostatic skeleton and plays a role in transport and digestion ●Two basic body forms are distinguished: a polyp and a Medusa ●No cephalisation ●Polyps are usually cylindrical shaped, with the basal disc attached to a substrate ●The Medusa has a flattened umbrella shaped with tentacles on the edges ●Cnidria have a tissue level of organization with specialized cells that occur in the ectoderm and endoderm ●A transport system is absent ● Cnidarians are carnivores,touch alone will not cause the stinging cells to react. The actual stimulus is a chemical the occurs in animal prey ● The ectoderm is mainly adapted to reach stumble to catch, paralyze and hold prey, the encoders is adapted for digestion and absorption of nutrients ●Stinging cells, blue bottles and corals THANK YOU!