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
There are significantly more crab experts, for instance, than hydroid experts.
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
But because there are so few hydroid experts, our understanding of these species is staggeringly incomplete.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
Zoophyte, zō′ō-fīt, n. a term employed by Cuvier in his earlier attempts at classification to designate numerous simple animals, sedentary in habit, often with a superficial resemblance to plants—now restricted to hydroid colonies.—adjs.
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