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Coelenterate vs Pneumatophore - What's the difference?

coelenterate | pneumatophore |

As nouns the difference between coelenterate and pneumatophore

is that coelenterate is any simple aquatic animal bearing tentacles with nematocysts examples include jellyfish, coral, and anemones while pneumatophore is (zoology) a gas-filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the portuguese man-of-war.

coelenterate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any simple aquatic animal bearing tentacles with nematocysts. Examples include jellyfish, coral, and anemones.

    • See also

    * cnidarian

    pneumatophore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) A gas-filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
  • (botany) An aerial root, in mangroves etc., specialized for gaseous exchange.

    • Derived terms

    * (l)