How does digestion occur in cnidarians?

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Cnidarians exhibit tissue level of organization and are diploblastic.Cnidoblasts, also known as cnidocytes, contain stinging capsules or nematocysts and are used for anchorage, defense, and prey capture in cnidarians.They have a central gastro-vascular cavity with a single opening, mouth on hypostome. Digestion is extracellular and intracellular. Some of the cnidarians, e.g., corals have a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate. Cnidarians exhibit two basic body forms called polyp and medusa. The former is a sessil