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Cnidaria

Cnidaria

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Search complete. 3 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Cnidaria".

Nov 5, 2026

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4:59
name, jellyfish are not actually fish.
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5:04
They are gelatinous invertebrates in the phylum Cnidaria, and they have been around for over 500 million years.
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5:13
Most are marine, but some do inhabit freshwater.
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5:17
The word jellyfish is often used to describe many groups of gelatinous and floating animals, including comb jellies and siphonophores.

8 MINS LATER

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13:49
They are often processed with a mixture of salt and alum, creating a semi-dried product commonly marketed in China, Korea, and Japan.
speaker_1NARRATOR
14:23
Sponges are a
speaker_0NARRATOR
14:24
phylum of primarily filter feeders that live their adult lives attached to a substrate.
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14:32
They are simple invertebrates and are the most primitive of the multicellular animals.
Kirk MonaHOST
20:19
Look, they're simply put incredible.
Kirk MonaHOST
20:22
Now, you may have noticed that I said that this rather large one is known as the string jellyfish, and that's because siphonophores are in the phylum Cnidaria, and they are jellyfish or jellies.
Kirk MonaHOST
20:33
Oh, yes.
Kirk MonaHOST
20:33
What?

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