Gonophore

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• Gonophore — Gonophore, Geschlechtsknospen der Hydromedusen (s. d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• gonophore — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1859 an attached reproductive zooid of a hydroid colony …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gonophore — m зоол. гонофор …   Большой французско-русский и русско-французский словарь

• gonophore — n. [Gr. gone, that which produces seed; phoreus, bearer] (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) In Hydroida, a structure that produces gametes and is a sporosac, medusa or any intermediate stage …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• gonophore — gonophoric /gon euh fawr ik, for /, gonophorous /goh nof euhr euhs/, adj. /gon euh fawr , fohr /, n. Zool. an asexually produced bud in hydrozoans that gives rise to the equivalent of a medusa. [1825 35; GONO + PHORE] * * * …   Universalium

• gonophore — noun a) An elongated receptacle above the corolla to elevate the stamens and carpels. b) A medusoid bud on a hydroid …   Wiktionary

• gonophore, gonophorus — Any structure serving to store up or conduct the sexual cells; oviduct, spermatic duct, uterus, or seminal vesicle; an accessory generative organ. [G. gone, seed, + phoros …   Medical dictionary

• Medusoid — Me*du soid, a. [Medusa + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids. n. A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under {Gonosome}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fire coral — Millepora dichotoma Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia



• Leptomedusae — Taxobox name = Thecate hydroids image width = 230px image caption = Crystal Jelly ( Aequorea victoria , Conica: Aequoreidae) with the parasitic amphipod Hyperia medusarum Photo by Sierra Blakely. regnum = Animalia subregnum = Eumetazoa phylum =… …   Wikipedia