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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thursday, 30 May 1991 14:52:01 CDT
From: John Walsh <U33695@uicvm.uic.edu>
Message-ID: <91150.145201U33695@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: jellyfish classification
Distribution: world



This question came up in conversation recently (don't ask how):  Are jellyfish


animals, or are they colonies of plants or animals, like coral or sponges?  We

checked some textbooks but couldn't seem to get a satisfactory answer.  What

is the definitional distinction between an animal and a colony?

Just curious.

John Walsh
U33695@UICVM.BITNET