NOUN
- sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
How To Use anthozoan In A Sentence
- For example, colonial anthozoan cnidarians, in particular the Pennatulacea or "sea pens" are quite capable of moving, defouling themselves, and burrowing both upwards and downwards.
- Anthozoans are readily available on coral reefs therefore it's not surprising that anthozoan tissue is their main diet.
- It is not homologous with the bilaterality of body plans characteristic of anthozoan groups.
- Anthozoan cnidarians lack the medusoid lifestage found in other Cnidaria.
- Neuronal GSX expression, as reported from several hydrozoan and anthozoan species, is clearly more significant. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- GnRH immunoreactivity has also been identified in two anthozoan species: the sea pansy, Renilla koellikeri, and the sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis.
- Hydra magnipapillata full genome and have not been identified until now in other hydrozoan or scyphozoan species, being only known from the anthozoan PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- Together these studies indicate the sex steroids are likely to play a role in regulating anthozoan gametogenesis and/or spawning.
- Hydra magnipapillata full genome and have not been identified until now in other hydrozoan or scyphozoan species, being only known from the anthozoan PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- These anthozoans resemble stony corals but lack skeletons.
