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| | eMedicine - Coelenterate Envenomation : Article Excerpt by: Suzanne M Shepherd, MD, MS, DTMandH |
 | | Synonyms, Key Words, and Related Terms: coelentrate envenomation, Coelenterata, Hydrozoa, Cnidaria, Portuguese man-of-war, fire corals, Scyphozoa, true jellyfish, Cubozoa, box jellyfish, Anthozoa, sea anemone, Chironex fleckeri, carybdeid jellyfish, chirodropid jellyfish, Irukandji syndrome |
 | | Cnidaria (formerly phylum Coelenterata) is a phylum that contains approximately 11,000 species of simple animals found in aquatic environments. |
 | | Cnidarians derive their names from the venom-bathed cnidocytes, specialized cells that possess stinging organelles. |
| www.emedicine.com /ped/byname/coelenterate-envenomation.htm (580 words) |
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