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zoantharian, a. and n. Zool.|zəʊænˈθɛərɪən|
[f. mod.L. Zōanthāria neut. pl., f. Zōanthus, name of genus, f. Gr. ζῷον animal + ἄνθος flower.]
a. adj. Belonging to the Zoantharia, one of the main divisions of Actinozoa (contrasted with Alcyonaria), containing the sea-anemones and other (often flower-like) animals, usually with simple tentacles and parts arranged in sixes (hexacorallan); n. a member of the Zoantharia. Also zoˈanthid, a member of the family Zoanthidæ of zoantharians, typified by the genus Zoanthus (hence zoˈanthidan a.); zoˈanthodeme |-diːm| [Gr. δέµα bundle], a compound organism formed of coherent zoantharian zooids or polyps (hence zoanthoˈdemic a.); zoˈanthoid a. [-oid], resembling or related to the genus Zoanthus.
1887H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (ed. 7) 186 Transverse section of a simple *Zoantharian Coral (Cyathina Bowerbanki). 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 733 note, The Zoantharian mesenterial filaments.
1870H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. xiii. (1875) 132 Structures supposed to be gills are developed in some *Zoanthids on either side of the primary mesenteries.
1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 736 A pair [of mesenteries] of the typical *Zoanthidan structure.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iii. 155 Many give rise by gemmation to turf-like, or arborescent, *zoanthodemes.
1854A. Adams, etc. Man. Nat. Hist. 354 *Zoanthoid-Polyps (Zoanthoida).
1841T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. 37 A small *Zoanthus or other naked zoophyte. |