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anthozoan
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anthozoan
noun
sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
synonyms:
actinozoan
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anemone
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sea anemone
marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
sea pen
fleshy featherlike warm-water colonies
coral
marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
actinia
,
actinian
,
actiniarian
any sea anemone or related animal
gorgonian
,
gorgonian coral
corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton
madrepore
,
madriporian coral
,
stony coral
corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands
type of:
cnidarian
,
coelenterate
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
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