combining form denoting 1. a body cavity. Example: blastocoele (cavity of blastocyst). 2. see -cele.
Animals having no spine. This group originally contained Spongiaria, Cnidaria and Ctenophora. Coelenterata is a term which generally includes the cnidarians and ctenophores. As the phylum Cnidaria does not include the ctenophores, the two terms are not interchangeable.... coelenterates
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