SCIENCE
ZOOLOGY
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cnidaria (/nɪˈdɛəriə, naɪ-/) is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11, 000 species of aquatic animals found both in freshwater and marine environments, predominantly the latter. Four examples of cnidaria: A jellyfish Chrysaora melanaster.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cnidarians can be found in almost all ocean habitats. They may live in water that is shallow or deep, warm or cold. A few species live in freshwater.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Cnidaria (formerly called Coelenterata), which includes jellyfish, anemones, corals, and hydroids, are mostly marine, but a few species of small jellyfish (Fig. 10.2C), polyps, and colonial hydrozoa occur in freshwaters, all of which are members of the class Hydrozoa (Slobodkin and Bossert, 1991; Smith 2001).
Detailed explanation-4: -Mostly marine animals, the cnidarians include the corals, hydras, jellyfish, Portuguese men-of-war, sea anemones, sea pens, sea whips, and sea fans.