Question

cnidarians
across
1 cnidarians such as box jellyfish. (8)
2 an anthozoan that lives in colonies that secretes a hard outer skeleton. (5)
7 a poison injected by nematocysts. (5)
8 the stinging mechanism in a cnidocyte. (10)
9 a hydrozoan that is actually a colony of four types of special polyps that depend on each other for survival. its known for its sail and long tentacles. (10,3-1-3)
13 a shape with mouth and tentacles pointing downward like a jellyfish. (8)
15 the type of symmetry exhibited by cnidarians. (6)
16 an animal with stinging cells such as an anemone or a jellyfish. (9)
17 a cnidarian such as a jellyfish (10)

Explanation:

Each answer matches the clue's description and letter count, focused on cnidarian biology terms.

Answer:

Across

1. CUBOZOANS
2. CORAL
3. TOXIN
4. NEMATOCYST
5. PORTUGUESE MAN-O'-WAR
6. MEDUSA
7. RADIAL
8. CNIDARIAN
9. SCYPHOZOAN