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n. - No alternation of generations the medusoid phase being entirely suppressed: sea anemones.

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  • The coral is an invertebrate (Anthozoa) species found growing as colonies in the deep ocean.
  • Coral reefs by definition are composed predominantly of scleractinian corals (Phylum Cnidaria; Class Anthozoa; Order Scleractinia).
  • Nematostella (Anthozoa) with what is known of their orthologues in bilaterian species
  • Expression data in the sea anemone (Anthozoa) have even led to the conclusion that the bilaterian antero-posterior and the cnidarian oral-aboral axes are homologous
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