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Taxonomy places a species inside its formal scientific classification. Wikipedia gives the giant panda's scientific name as "Ailuropoda melanoleuca," the precise identifier scientists use regardless of what common name a species goes by. This dimension groups species by their exact position in the formal tree of life.

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Taxonomy
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1. Wikipedia: Cnidaria
WikipediaCnidaria, Reproduction section
Quote, Cnidaria, Reproduction section
All known cnidarians can reproduce asexually by various means, in addition to regenerating after being fragmented. Hydrozoan polyps only bud, while the medusae of some hydrozoans can divide down the middle.
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