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The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.

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  1. n. pl. The class of the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/coelenterata">Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
  2. The class of the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/coelenterata">Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
  3. The class of the class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/coelenterata">Coelenterata which includes the corals and seaanemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria,Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
  4. n a large class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/sedentary">sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed n sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed