SCIENCE
ZOOLOGY
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Polyp
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Medusa
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -polyp, in zoology, one of two principal body forms occurring in members of the animal phylum Cnidaria. The polyp may be solitary, as in the sea anemone, or colonial, as in coral, and is sessile (attached to a surface).
Detailed explanation-2: -Cnidocytes are the most important characteristic that distinguishes organisms as belonging to the Cnidarian phylum. Polyps are sessile and remain attached to a substrate. The medusa form is most notably observed in the umbrella like form of jellies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Polyp: A sessile form with mouth and tentacles facing upward. Ex. corals, sea anemone)
Detailed explanation-4: -Corals and sea anemones are polyps. Most of these animals are small, but a few sea anemones can grow as large as 1 meter in diameter. The second structural form that cnidarians have is called the medusa form.