anthozoans

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• anthozoans — n.; n. pl. [Gr. anthos, flower; zoon, animal] Any coelenterate of the class Anthozoa, phylum Cnidaria, including the sea anemones and corals …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• cnidarian — /nuy dair ee euhn/, n. 1. any invertebrate animal, as a hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone, or coral, considered as belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, characterized by the specialized stinging structures in the tentacles surrounding the mouth; a… …   Universalium

• Cnidaria — Temporal range: 580–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• Anthozoa — Taxobox name = Anthozoa | image width = 250px image caption = Stony corals, Scleractinia regnum = Animalia phylum = Cnidaria classis = Anthozoa classis authority = Ehrenberg, 1831Anthozoa is a class within the phylum Cnidaria that contains the… …   Wikipedia

• Siphonoglyph — The siphonoglyph is a ciliated groove at one or both ends of the mouth of sea anemones and some corals. The siphonoglyph extends into a pharynx and is used to create currents of water into the pharynx. These water currents are important for… …   Wikipedia

• alcyonarian — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek alkyoneion, a zoophyte, from neuter of alkyoneios of a kingfisher, from alkyon kingfisher; from its resemblance to a kingfisher s nest Date: 1878 any of a subclass (Alcyonaria) of colonial anthozoans (as the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gorgonian — noun Etymology: New Latin Gorgonia, a coral genus, from Latin, coral, from Gorgon , Gorgo Date: 1835 any of an order (Gorgonacea) of colonial anthozoans with a usually horny and branching axial skeleton • gorgonian adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sea pen — noun Date: 1763 any of numerous anthozoans (order Pennatulacea) growing in colonies with a feathery form …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• zoantharian — noun Etymology: ultimately from zo + Greek anthos flower more at anthology Date: 1887 any of a subclass (Hexacorallia syn. Zoantharia) of anthozoans having tentacles or septa or both that are typically six or a multiple of six in number and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Sea pen — For other uses, see Pen (disambiguation). Sea pens Temporal range: Cambrian–Recent …   Wikipedia

• Zoanthid — Taxobox name = Zoanthids image caption = Parazoanthus axinellae regnum = Animalia phylum = Cnidaria classis = Anthozoa subclassis = Hexacorallia ordo = Zoantharia subdivision ranks = Families subdivision = Epizoanthidae Neozoanthidae… …   Wikipedia