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WILD Jellyfish Gang (mander.xyz)

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[–] TheTechnician27 122 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Jellyfish are cnidarians, a phylum which also includes corals and sea anemones. Jellyfish are a specific lifecycle stage of medusozoans (their own subphylum), while corals and sea anemones are anthozoans (another subphylum of Cnidaria).

So yup, they are polyps before sexual maturity. And you'll find they're more closely related to corals than they are to members of any other phylum.

Edit: I highly recommend that anyone who wants to get lost in the world of marine invertebrates check out WoRMS and then follow along in parallel on Wikipedia as you navigate the tree.

[–] Aermis 70 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You just made up all those words.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes 20 points 3 weeks ago

Jellyfish are a subcagetorum of cthulonic phteven

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

You neved heard phylum before? You phylustine!

[–] InverseParallax 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All words are made up.

[–] Aermis 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not all words are accepted by society

[–] conartistpanda 1 points 2 weeks ago

Hi, society here. I accept those words.