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Phylum Cnidaria (ny-dar´e-a) (Gr. knide, nettle, + L. aria [pl. suffix], like or connected with) is an interesting group of more than 9000 species. It includes some of nature’s strangest and loveliest creatures: branching, plantlike hydroids; flower like sea anemones; jellyfishes; and those architects of the ocean floor, horny corals …

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