| Most species, however, do not have polyp leaves, and look more like clubs, umbrellas, or pinwheels. |
| If so, consider a posterior polyp that flops in and out of the glottic opening as the patient changes position. |
| Cnidarians show an alternation of generations in which two body forms, the polyp and the medusa, alternate. |
| While the Cubozoa always have polyp and medusa stages, either one can be reduced in the Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa. |
| The polyp lived on top of a tabula in a depression in the top of the coral called the calyx. |
| If a polyp or abnormal tissue is found, the doctor may choose to remove it with a snare or cautery, or may take a biopsy. |
