Anthozoan Definition

ănthə-zōən
noun
Any of numerous cnidarians of the class Anthozoa, including the corals and sea anemones, that grow singly or in colonies and live as polyps, without a medusa stage.
American Heritage
Any of a class (Anthozoa) of sessile saltwater cnidarians with a dominant polyp stage, including corals, sea anemones, and gorgonians; actinozoan.
Webster's New World

(marine biology) A marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa, such as a sea anemone or coral.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adjective
Of the anthozoans.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Anthozoan

Noun

Singular:
anthozoan
Plural:
anthozoans

Origin of Anthozoan

  • From Anthozoa +‎ -an.

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Anthozoan Sentence Examples

  • Stylaster has cyclosystems. In Allopora the cyclostems resemble the calyces of Anthozoan corals.

  • The most familiar Anthozoan is the common sea-anemone, Actinia equina, L., and it will serve, although it does not form a skeleton or corallum, as a good example of the structure of a typical Anthozoan polyp or zooid.

  • In Actinia, as in all Anthozoan zooids, the coelenteron is not a simple cavity, as in a Hydroid, but is divided by a number of radial folds or curtains of soft tissue into a corresponding number of radial chambers.

  • In the common sea-anemone, Actinia equina (which has already been quoted as a type of Anthozoan structure), the mesenteries are numerous and are arranged in cycles.

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