आसन्न समुद्री सिलेंटर्स की एक बड़ी श्रेणी जिसमें समुद्री एनीमोन और कोरल शामिल हैं; मेडुविड चरण पूरी तरह से दबाया जाता है

anthozoa's Usage Examples:

The Anthozoa differ from the Scyphomedusae in having no medusoid form; they all more or less resemble a sea-anemone, and may be termed actinioid.

In the above-given classification, the Scyphomedusae, formerly included with the Hydromedusae as Hydrozoa, are placed nearer the Anthozoa.

Anthozoa respectively.

The Hydrozoa are thus shown to belong to the group of Coelenterata Cnidaria, and it remains to consider more fully their distinctive features, and in particular those which mark them off from the other main division of the Cnidaria, the Anthozoa, comprising the corals and sea-anemones.

Anthozoa (q.v.).

Anthozoa.

Orders: Anthozoa and Cylicozoa.

Classes: Echinodermata, Bryozoa, Anthozoa, Acalephae, Hydrozoa.

Orders: Ciliati (Rotifera), Denudati (Hydroids), Vaginati (Anthozoa and Polyzoa), Natantes (Crinoids).

If a polyp, such as Hydra, be regarded simply as a sessile actinula, we must certainly consider the polyp to be the older type, and it may be pointed out that in the Anthozoa only polyp-individuals occur.

anthozoa's Meaning':

a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

Synonyms:

phylum Coelenterata, actinozoan, order Actiniaria, Madreporaria, order Madreporaria, order Actinaria, Cnidaria, Alcyonaria, phylum Cnidaria, order Alcyonaria, Actinozoa, anthozoan, class Actinozoa, Actiniaria, class Anthozoa, Coelenterata, class, Actinaria,

Antonyms:

inelegance,