Question

Is a jellyfish radial or bilateral?

Answer 1

Jellyfish:

1. Corals, jellyfish, and sea anemones are examples of cnidarians, which are soft-bodied creatures.
2. These soft-bodied organisms have rows of stinging cells in their tentacles, which are employed for defense and food capture, and sac-like digestive cavities.
3. A type of body symmetry known as radial symmetry states that any plane passing through the center of the body splits it into two equally sized pieces.
4. For instance, coelenterates and echinoderms.
5. Bilateral symmetry is the ability of an organism's body to be divided into two equal parts.
6. Including Chordates, Arthropods, Molluscs, and Annelids.
7. All 200 documented species of the jellyfish group Medusozoa, which is diverse, have radial symmetry.
8. This means that, like the spokes of a bicycle wheel, their appendages spread outward from a central location.
9. Jellyfish have radial symmetry.