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Sarcoseptum :: Sarcoseptum (n.) One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan.

Coelenterata :: Coelenterata (n. pl.) A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges..

Alcyonaria :: Alcyonaria (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea..

Zoanthodeme :: Zoanthodeme (n.) The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively..

Anthozoic :: Anthozoic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa.

Polyp :: Polyp (n.) One of the Anthozoa.

Loculus :: Loculus (n.) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.

Zooid :: Zooid (n.) One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydroidea, and Bryozoa; -- sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed..

Anthozoa :: Anthozoa (n. pl.) The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria..

Polypifera :: Polypifera (n. pl.) The Anthozoa.

Sea Amenone :: Sea amenone () Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actrinaria; an actinian..

Polyp :: Polyp (n.) Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid..

Actinaria :: Actinaria (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not..

Mesentery :: Mesentery (n.) One of the vertical muscular radiating partitions which divide the body cavity of Anthozoa into chambers.

Madreporaria :: Madreporaria (n. pl.) An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa..

Polyactinia :: Polyactinia (n. pl.) An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles..

Helianthoidea :: Helianthoidea (n. pl.) An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.

Sclerenchyma :: Sclerenchyma (n.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals..

Gonidium :: Gonidium (n.) A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.

Millepore :: Millepore (n.) Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells. The animals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See Hydrocorallia..

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