Definition of Anthozoan. Meaning of Anthozoan. Synonyms of Anthozoan

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Definition of Anthozoan

Anthozoan
Anthozoan An`tho*zo"an, a. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the Anthozoa. -- n. One of the Anthozoa.

Meaning of Anthozoan from wikipedia

- such as the sea anemones, stony corals, soft corals and sea pens. Adult anthozoans are almost all attached to the seabed, while their larvae can dis****...
- Anthozoan Mountain is a mountain in the Slate Range of Alberta, Canada. Named in 1925, fossilized anthozoans (i.e. coral) are found in the Devonian limestone...
- Palythoa is a genus of anthozoans in the order Zoantharia. The polyps of Palythoa are partially embedded in an encrusting mat of tissue (coenenchyme) covering...
- eventually attaches to a substrate if the species has a polyp stage. Anthozoan larvae either have large yolks or are capable of feeding on plankton,...
- crevice, burrow or tube. Unlike other cnidarians, anemones (and other anthozoans) entirely lack the free-swimming medusal stage of their life cycle; the...
- Hydrozoa, and does not group with myxozoans. Medusozoans differ from anthozoans in having a medusa stage in their life cycle. The basic pattern is medusa...
- were originally thought to be anthozoan cnidarians. However, the lack of septa or other features diagnostic of anthozoans led researchers to abandon this...
- upward-facing tentacles. The polyps resemble those of closely related anthozoans, such as sea anemones and corals. The jellyfish polyp may be sessile,...
- phyla Sponges Demosponges Gl**** sponges Calcareous sponges Cnidarians Anthozoans inc. corals Medusozoans inc. jellyfish Myxozoans Chordates Lancelets Tunicates...
- Zoanthus is a genus of anthozoans in the family Zoanthidae. It is the type genus for its family and order. The following species are recognized in the...