Among cnidarians there are two basic body plans, the medusa and the polyp, which differ in that ________

a. the polyp is motile and the medusa is sessile
b. the medusa lacks the mesoglea, a buoyant flexible skeletal layer
c. the medusa is motile with its tentacles downward, while the polyp is sessile with its tentacles upward
d. the medusa has stinging cells called nematocysts but the polyp does not


c

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