How Does Hydrozoa Reproduce?
The Hydrozoa Is a Class of Cnidaria. .. . Most Hydrozoans Have a Benthic, Colonial Polyp Stage, Which Reproduces Asexually by Budding. Many Have Free Swimming...
The Hydrozoa is a class of Cnidaria. ... Most hydrozoans have a benthic, colonial polyp stage, which reproduces asexually by budding. Many have free swimming, sexually reproducing medusae (see Introduction to Ctenophores (and Cnidarian medusae)). Others have attached gonophores, which will produce eggs or sperm.
How do Hydrozoa reproduce sexually?
A fertilized egg develops into a sessile polyp, which buds asexually and eventually buds off one or more medusae. The medusa produce eggs and sperm, reproduce sexually, and thus the cycle is repeated.
Is a Hydrozoa a medusa or polyp?
Hydrozoa (characterized by medusae with direct development or produced by lateral budding from polyps) are comprised in the subphylum Medusozoa, including also the Scyphozoa (characterized by medusa production by strobilation from polyps), and the Cubozoa (characterized by medusa production by complete metamorphosis of ...
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