Definition of Gonotheca. Meaning of Gonotheca. Synonyms of Gonotheca

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Definition of Gonotheca

Gonotheca
Gonotheca Gon`o*the"ca, n.; pl. Gonothec?. [NL., fr. Gr. ? offspring + ? box.] (Zo["o]l.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.

Meaning of Gonotheca from wikipedia

- Oldenlandia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is pantropical in distribution and has about 240 species. The type species for the...
- colony. In some species, the reproductive polyps, known as gonozooids (or "gonotheca" in thecate hydrozoans) bud off a****ually produced medusae. These tiny...
- family Campanulariidae because development begins from a bud within the gonotheca. Eventually the buds are lost, and subsequent development shares resemblances...
- borne on much reduced hydranths and usually protected in a peridermal gonotheca. Medusae forming on fully developed hydranths are extremely rare; usually...
- red and in spring (mainly), red or pink gonotheca grow between the inner set of oral tentacles. The gonotheca has been described as "part of hydroid producing...
- Sars, 1863 Terebella littoralis Dalyell, 1853 Terebella pectoralis Quatre****es, 1866 Terebella prudens Quatre****es, 1866 Wartelia gonotheca Giard, 1878...
- usually protected in a peridermal (i.e. belonging to a hydroid perisarc) gonotheca. Medusae forming on fully developed hydranths are extremely rare; usually...
- colony with a thin peduncle. Commonly only one medusa develops in each gonotheca. Mature aequoreid medusae are diverse in shape, from lens-like to conical...
- Gomphosia Wedd. = Ferdinandusa Pohl Gonianthes Rich. = Cubanola Aiello Gonotheca Blume ex DC. = Oldenlandia L. Gonyanera Korth. = Acranthera Arn. ex Meisn...
- Binomial name Leptopetalum biflorum (L.) Neupane & N.Wikstr. Synonyms Gonotheca biflora (L.) Masam. Hedyotis biflora (L.) Lam. Oldenlandia biflora L....