Identifying Body Forms of Cnidarians Which cnidarian is pictured in the medusa form?

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they fuse to form they have half as many chromosomes as a somatic cell of the same individual. b

the correct answer is: b. pantala flavescens, because these organisms would have a high level of genetic variation due to sexual reproduction.  

because involves two organisms (parents) whose genetic material combines, sexual reproduction leads to genetic variation in new generations of offspring. the offspring is an unique organism, with new genome, more protected with the higher ability to adapted. this process is fundamental to evolution.