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Is sea anemone a polyp or medusa?


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Polyp and medusa:

  1. A polyp is defined as a sessile organism wherein medusa refers to a free-swimming organism.
  2. In organisms, typically polyp refers to the asexual stage whereas medusa refers to the sexual stage.
  3. Sea anemones are marine animals under the phylum Cnidaria.
  4. Sea anemones are grouped under polyp forms.
  5. They lack medusa forms.

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