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Hō‘ike o Haleakalā Curriculum

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Polyp

February 4, 2013 by Hoike

characteristic shape of coral and other animals in the phylum Coelenterata, somewhat flower-shaped with a cylindrical body attached at one end and opening at the other through a central mouth (M1, M4)

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