hydroid
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An example is the colonial hydroid called an Obelia. The sessile polyp form has, in fact, two types of polyps, shown in Figure 3.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
But because there are so few hydroid experts, our understanding of these species is staggeringly incomplete.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
“Finding really good hydroid experts is very difficult,” says James Carlton, a professor of marine sciences at Williams College and the director of the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
Peterson is closely following the work of Daniel Martínez, a biologist at Pomona College and one of the world’s leading hydroid scholars.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
I know of no form in which so many of the characteristic features of a typical hydroid are more finely expressed than in this beautiful species.”
From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Sir John Lubbock
