Question

While wading in the ocean, you look down into the water and notice an umbrella-shaped, translucent animal. It swims by pulsing its body, and long tentacles trail behind it. One of them brushes your leg. You feel a sudden stinging burning sensation where it touched you. To what phylum does this creature probably belong?

Answer 1

Phylum Cnidaria

Step-by-step explanation:

The animal that stung you was most probably a jellyfish. Jellyfish have trailing tentacles attached to their bodies that can inject venom through many tiny barbs. This is what causes the stinging sensation. Jellyfish have radially symmetrical bodies and hydrostatic skeletons, meaning their bodies are filled with water instead of bones.