Corals and sea anemones (anthozoa) | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/corals-and-sea-anemones-anthozoa
The class Anthozoa (under the phylum Cnidaria) includes corals, anemones, sea pens and seafans. Anthozoa consists of 10 orders and thousands of species. Adults are attached to the seabed, but their larvae are free-floating and can drift to new settlements.
animals in this group are aquatic, possess stinging cells within their tissues and have