Is hydra a unicellular organism or a multicellular organism?
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Hydra:
Hydras are multicellular organisms.
Hydra is a genus of small freshwater organisms in the phylum Cnidaria and class Hydrozoa.
Hydra has a tubular, radially symmetric body that is held together by a simple adhesive foot called the basal disc.
The basal disc's adhesive properties are due to the production of a sticky fluid by gland cells in the basal disc.
A mouth opening at the free end of the body is surrounded by one to twelve thin, mobile tentacles covered in highly specialized stinging cells known as cnidocytes.