![]() ![]() I like to use the analogy of caterpillars and butterflies. Looking at their life cycle you can see that they go through the same development and processes, only they spend a different amount of time in each stage. ![]() ![]() This phylum contains all the anemones and corals, which can be very similar to jellyfish. They do possess a couple important items including a digestive sack (stomach) and stinging cells called nematocysts. This body lacks basic organs like heart, brains, kidneys, etc. These animals morphologically develop into a sack within a sack. There are around 10,000 species in Cnidaria, nearly all living in marine waters. Cnidaria is the phylum that contains “stinging animals” which use nematocysts to capture pretty. Jellyfish are a group animals within the phylum Cnidaria. It is certainly plausible to think they could be kept by home aquarists, but this is a new frontier in aquatic husbandry. Crystal jellyfish are successfully kept in public aquariums. ![]()
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