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Record 1 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Phylum of solitary or colonial animals whose bodies consist of ectodermal and endodermal layers but lack a mesoderm; two forms, polyps and medusae, occur and may characterize alternate generations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[...] des animaux pluricellulaires aquatiques, à tissus différenciés et possédant une symétrie radiée. [...] se présentent dans la nature actuelle sous deux formes qui se succèdent par alternance de générations : une forme fixée ou «polype» et une forme libre ou «méduse», ou sous l'une ou l'autre de ces formes.

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