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  • sea anemone
    cnidarian
    / Reproduction and life cycles

    Some colonies possess dactylozooids, tentacleless polyps heavily armed with nematocysts that seem primarily concerned with defense. Gonozooids develop reproductive structures called gonophores. Members of the order Siphonophora, free-floating colonial hydrozoans, display an even greater variety of polymorphs. These include gas-filled floats called pneumatophores,

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    Some colonies possess dactylozooids, tentacleless polyps heavily armed with nematocysts that seem primarily concerned with defense. Gonozooids develop reproductive structures called gonophores. Members of the order Siphonophora, free-floating colonial hydrozoans, display an even greater variety of polymorphs. These include gas-filled floats called pneumatophores,

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