| pennatulacea | | interaction of 2 organisms; continuum |
| cnidae | | cnidarians have a mutualistic relationship with |
| manubrium | | synapomorphy that first shows up in this phylum |
| spirocysts | | have high energy cost in light of reproduction |
| colloblasts | | analogous to cnidae, ctenophores have them |
| dactylozooids | | how polyps produce medusae |
| anthozoa | | class containing true jellyfish |
| polyp | | type of digestive system |
| mesoglea | | only stage of an anthozoa |
| operculum | | divide GVC and provide surface area for digestion |
| zooxanthellae | | order of sea pansies/pens |
| scleractinia | | order of cnidarians not colonial in class hexacorallia |
| scyphozoa | | class containing sea anemones and soft corals |
| GVC | | unique stinging/adhesion structures |
| gorgonacea | | type of reproduction in anthopleura |
| gastrozooids | | a colony within a colony |
| cormidium | | order of stony corals |
| actinlaria | | how polyps in colonies are connected |
| strobilation | | upon stimulation this causes the operculum to be thrown open |
| GVC | | used for feeding in hydrozoa |
| pharynx | | order of soft corals in class that has 8 tentacles |
| incomplete | | defense and prey capture in hydrozoa |
| muscles | | where mouth of jellyfish is found |
| velum | | runs from mouth to GVC |
| mesenteries | | functions in excretion, digestion, hydrostat, fluid transport |
| radial | | sticky, threadlike used for feeding |
| eggs | | true jellyfish do not have, the rim around bell base |
| fission | | middle layer derived from ectoderm |
| symbiosis | | type of exoskeleton of many scleractinia |
| cnidocil | | type of symmetry |
| calcareous | | a hinged lid covering capsule in hydrozoa and scyphozoa |