cnidarian

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B: Evolutionary scenarios deduced from alternative phylogenetic position for the cnidarian "posterior" Hox genes (groups A, B and C from figure 4A).

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  1. noun Any of various invertebrate animals of the phylum Cnidaria, characterized by a radially symmetrical body with a saclike internal cavity, and including the jellyfishes, hydras, sea anemones, and corals. Also called coelenterate.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or belonging to the phylum Cnidaria.

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  1. New Latin Cnīdāria, phylum name, from Greek knīdē, sea nettle.
 

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