Definition of gonangium. Meaning of gonangium. Synonyms of gonangium

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Definition of gonangium

Gonangium
Gonangium Go`nan*gi"um, n.; pl. L. Gonangia, E. Gonangiums. [NL., fr. Gr. ? offspring + ? vessel.] (Zo["o]l.) See Gonotheca.
gonangium
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 gonangium from wikipedia

- article on "gonangium", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "gonangium" You can also: Search for Gonangium in Wikipedia...
- Porifera: olynthus, gemmule In Cnidaria: ephyra, scyphistoma, strobila, gonangium, hydranth, polyp, medusa In Mollusca: paralarva, young cephalopods In...
-  ?Campanularia hicksoni 4) habitus of colony, 5) branch section with 2 hydrothecae (one showing hydranth) and a gonangium...
- Cauline or ordinary hydranths. e. Gonangial hydranths. f. Gonangium. g. Tubular **** of gonangium. Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom:...
- branching blastostyles (i.e. the living axial portion of a modified gonangium, from which numerous medusae are budded) between or below tentacles. They...
- 1–2 (accessed 18 April 2008) Allman GJ. (1873) On the homology of the gonangium in the genus Halecium Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 13(49):...