cnidarian

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True, it's an anaerobic ersatz cnidarian [1] that may be an escaped cancer [2].

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Of or relating to a cnidarian.

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adjective

Of or relating to a cnidarian.

noun

(zoology) Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria.

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adjective

Of or relating to a cnidarian.

noun

(zoology) Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria.

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True, it's an anaerobic ersatz cnidarian [1] that may be an escaped cancer [2].

The cnidarian traits were clearly there for anybody to see it.

[...] It's a cnidarian, belonging to the same phylum as corals, jellyfish, and anemones.

It was reported that cnidarian soft corals [21] and box jellyfish [22, 23] exhibit periods of quiescence, a pre-requisite for sleep-like states, prompting us to ask whether sleep is present in Cnidaria.

Tucked away inside its host, the tiny cnidarian can survive quite hypoxic [oxygen deficient] conditions." This sounds like a very interesting candidate organism to bring to Mars in the future...

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Tucked away inside its host, the tiny cnidarian can survive quite hypoxic [oxygen deficient] conditions." This sounds like a very interesting candidate organism to bring to Mars in the future...