How to Use cnidarian in a Sentence

cnidarian

noun
  • Such cells only exist on one group of aquatic invertebrates, called cnidarians.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But closer analysis revealed it was made of fibrous layers packed with stinging cells, pointing to a connection with cnidarians, the group that includes corals and anemones.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The team observed the active and inactive periods of these cnidarians using infrared cameras and movement-tracking software.
    — New Atlas, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The evolutionary debut of cnidarians and ctenophores thus represented one of the most significant steps in the journey from primordial slime to humans.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
  • It’s not yet known quite how cnidarians and ctenophores create chromatin loops to add this extra layer of regulatory complexity to cell-type-specific gene regulation.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
  • These include cnidarians, a group of radially symmetric organisms including present-day jellyfish.
    — ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The scientists found both were composed of a fibrous material that contained many stinging cells called spirocysts, which belong exclusively to the branch of aquatic invertebrates known as cnidarians.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The species found included 33 molluscs, 23 annelids, 11 arthropods, five ribbon worms, four echinoderms, three cnidarians, and one bryozoan.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The researchers found that cnidarians, ctenophores and placozoans (simple, flat animals with just a few cell types) possess a more complex genome architecture than the unicellular animals do, including chromatin loops that bring promoters and enhancers together.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The species documented included 33 molluscs, 23 annelids, 11 arthropods, five ribbon worms, four echinoderms, three cnidarians, and one bryozoan — spanning multiple branches of the animal kingdom.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Species documented in the Nankai Trough included 33 molluscs, 23 annelids, 11 arthropods, five ribbon worms, four echinoderms, three cnidarians, and one bryozoan — mollusks, worms, crustaceans, starfish relatives, and more, thriving in a place scientists barely knew anything about.
    — Ryan Brennan march 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026

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