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Definition of Strobilation

Strobilation
Strobilation Strob`i*la"tion, n. (Zo["o]l.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.

Meaning of Strobilation from wikipedia

- Strobilation or transverse fission is a form of a****ual reproduction consisting of the spontaneous transverse segmentation of the body. It is observed...
- onto another. Fragmentation (reproduction) Paratomy Fission (biology) Strobilation James Desmond Smyth, Derek Wakelin (1994). Introduction to animal parasitology...
- medusae that pinch off and swim away in a process known as strobilation. Once strobilation is complete, the polyp may die, or regenerate itself to repeat...
- allow for a longer strobilation period and subsequently higher ephyra production per polyp, higher percentages of polyp strobilation, and higher polyp...
- by strobilation or ****ually. Either ephyrae or planuloids may be produced by strobilation; only ephyrae can produce the medusal form. Strobilation can...
- budding several medusae off from its upper surface via a process called strobilation. The medusae are initially microscopic and may take years to reach ****ual...
- complex structures takes place completely within the stages of adult strobilation and not during gastrulation. In most schyphozoa and cubozoa, sessile...
- for syphistomae strobilation, the medusae disappear in Clear Lake. The medusa po****tion is reestablished by syphistomae strobilation when conditions...
- into a special type of polyp called a "scyphistoma", which divides by strobilation into small ephyrae that swim off to grow up as medusae. There is an increasing...
- attached stauromedusa. Unlike most scyphozoan jellyfish that practice strobilation, or the process of dividing themselves into body segments, which become...