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Definition of Anthozoan
1. Noun. Sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed.
Generic synonyms: Cnidarian, Coelenterate
Group relationships: Actinozoa, Anthozoa, Class Actinozoa, Class Anthozoa
Specialized synonyms: Anemone, Sea Anemone, Sea Pen, Coral
Definition of Anthozoan
1. a. Pertaining to the Anthozoa.
Definition of Anthozoan
1. Noun. (marine biology) A marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa, such as a sea anemone or coral ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anthozoan
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Anthozoan
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthozoan
Literary usage of Anthozoan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"Prodrome of the anthozoan Fauna of Naples.t—Dr. A. Andres here gives a systematic
catalogue of the species, with synonymy, &c., ..."
2. The Elementary Nervous System by George Howard Parker (1919)
"In an anthozoan the tentacles when touched by a piece of food turn in many
directions till they have more or less entwined the food. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The most familiar anthozoan is the common sea-anemone, Actinia equina, L., and
it will serve, although it does not form a skeleton or ..."
4. Notes by a Naturalist on the "Challenger": Being an Account of Various by Henri Nottidge Moseley (1879)
"In the anthozoan coral, each radiate system is the skeleton of one polyp animal
like a single Sea Anemone, and the radiating plates of calcareous matter in ..."
5. A Student's Text-book of Zoology by Adam Sedgwick, Joseph Jackson Lister, Arthur Everett Shipley (1898)
"Diagrammatic longitudinal section through an anthozoan polyp, ... The anthozoan
Polyps are usually of a larger size than the Hydroids, and derm; ..."
6. Notes by a naturalist on the "Challenger": being an account of various by Henry Nottidge. Moseley (1879)
"In the anthozoan coral, each radiate system is the skeleton of one polyp animal
like a single Sea Anemone, and the radiating plates of calcareous matter in ..."
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