octocoralliann.adj.
/ˌɒktə(ʊ)kɒˈralɪən/, U.S. /ˈˌɑktoʊkəˈræliən/, /ˈˌɑktoʊkəˈrælj(ə)n/ Zoology.
A. n.
A coral of the subclass Octocorallia, distinguished by having polyps with eight tentacles; an alcyonarian.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > member of Octocoralla
octactinian1888
octocorallan1890
octocoral1936
octocorallian1936
1936 Science 31 Jan. 102/1 Species like the Octocorallians Paragorgia arborea..and Pavonaria finmarchica can not have originated in the Atlantic.
1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) iv. 149/2 The octocorallians are colonial cnidarians, and the polyps are usually small and similar to those of stony corals.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating corals of the subclass Octocorallia.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of or relating to the Anthozoa > belonging to subclass Octocoralla
octocoralline1890
octactinian1902
octocorallian1950
1950 Jrnl. Washington Acad. Sci. 40 295 Carlgren..has recently published a study of the peculiar octocorallian genera Ainigmaptilon Dean.
1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) iv. 149/2 The polyps of an octocorallian colony are connected by a mass of tissue called a coenenchyme.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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