zoantharian

zoantharian
zoantharian [zō΄an ther′ē ən]
n.
< ModL Zoantharia /span> ZO(O)- + Gr anthos, flower (see ANTHO-) + -AN
any of a subclass (Zoantharia) of anthozoan cnidarians having few or many tentacles and a solid exoskeleton or no skeleton, including the true corals and the sea anemones
adj.
of the zoantharians

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  • zoantharian — zo·an·thar·i·an …   English syllables

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  • Gray angelfish — Taxobox name = Gray angelfish image width = 240px image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Pomacanthidae genus = Pomacanthus species = P. arcuatus binomial = Pomacanthus arcuatus… …   Wikipedia

  • extratentacular budding — (CNIDARIA: Anthozoa) Development of new polyps of a zoantharian colony from the tissue between existing ones …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • intratentacular budding — (CNIDARIA: Anthozoa) A zoantharian colony growing by asexual reproduction, through the formation of new mouths on the oral disk, resulting in branching, or in linear groups of polyps bearing tentacles mainly on the outer edges of the row …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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