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Definition of Blastostyles

Blastostyle
Blastostyle Blas"to*style, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout, bud + ? a pillar.] (Zo["o]l.) In certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid, whose special function is to produce medusoid buds. See Hydroidea, and Athecata.

Meaning of Blastostyles from wikipedia

- the individuals capable of a****ual reproduction only, the gonozooids, blastostyles and free-living or ****ually reproducing individuals, the medusae. These...
- Sphaerocorynidae, the gonop****s are borne singly or on short, branching blastostyles (i.e. the living axial portion of a modified gonangium, from which numerous...
- (stulóō) amphiprostyle, amphistyly, anastylosis, araeostyle, araeosystyle, blastostyle, diastyle, epistyle, eustyle, hexastyle, hyostyly, hypostyle, monostylous...
- reproduce a****ually through the budding of blastostyles. When the medusa buds are ready to be released from the blastostyle, the lateral wall will burst at the...
- the individuals capable of a****ual reproduction only, the gonozooids, blastostyles; and free-living or ****ually reproducing individuals, the medusae. Balanced...
- tentacles. Basal part carries a single whorl of about 17 long unbranched blastostyles, with gonop****s near the hydranth. Endemic to South Africa, known only...
- (stulóō) amphiprostyle, amphistyly, anastylosis, araeostyle, araeosystyle, blastostyle, diastyle, epistyle, eustyle, hexastyle, hyostyly, hypostyle, monostylous...