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Old 10-21-2007, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Der_Iron_Chef View Post
Cnidaria are animals, belonging to one of four classes:

* Class Anthozoa (anemones, corals, etc.)
* Class Scyphozoa (jellyfish)
* Class Cubozoa (box jellies)
* Class Hydrozoa (Obelia, Aequorea, Portuguese Man o' War, etc.)
So Lets take a general hard coral such as a Monti Cap
Here is the tree:
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Superphylum: Radiata
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Scleractinia
Familia: Acroporidae
Genus: Montipora
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