polyp, which is the adult or sexual phase.

Diversity

There is considerable divergence from the basic life cycle pattern among medusozoans.

Scyphozoa is the group commonly known as "true jellyfish" and occur in tropical, temperate and polar seas worldwide. Scyphozoans generally have planula larvae that develop into sessile polyps. These reproduce asexually, producing similar polyps by budding, and then either

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