Definition of Medusoids. Meaning of Medusoids. Synonyms of Medusoids

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Definition of Medusoids

Medusoid
Medusoid Me*du"soid, a. [Medusa + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids. -- n. A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome.

Meaning of Medusoids from wikipedia

- At least some Staurozoa also have a polyp form that alternates with the medusoid portion of the life cycle. Until recently, Staurozoa were classified within...
- inhabiting the seabed, from shallow to deep subtidal environments. Even medusoids, which were thought to be swimmers, were actually later concluded to be...
- genus of the order Siphonophorae, colonies of four specialized polyps and medusoids that drift on the surface of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans....
- multicellular organism, they are actually a floating colony of polyps and medusoids, collectively known as zooids. The genus Apolemia, named by Baltic-German...
- polypoid and a medusoid stage in their life cycles, although a number of them have only one or the other. For example, Hydra has no medusoid stage, while...
- colonies. Some colonial Cnidaria develop as stolons with interconnected medusoid structures that later separate.[citation needed] Some worm-like animals...
- frond-like organisms; discoids that might be holdfasts for stalked organisms ("medusoids"); mattress-like forms; small calcareous tubes; and armored animals of...
- of a chemical substance. Internal fertilization occurs in the female medusoids. The fertilized eggs develop into actinula. These larvae develop directly...
- individual organisms, each specimen is in fact a colonial organism composed of medusoid and polypoid zooids that are morphologically and functionally specialized...
- marine animals from the phylum Hydrozoa that consist of a specialized medusoid and polyp zooid. Some siphonop****s, including the genus Erenna that live...