单词 | scleractinian |
释义 | scleractiniann.adj. A. n. A coral of the order Scleractinia or Madreporaria, which is characterized by compact calcareous skeletons and includes all living true corals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > order Zoantharia > suborder Madreporaria > member of pore coral1708 madrepore1738 madreporite1802 madrepore coral1869 madreporarian1870 madreporacean1877 scleractinian1900 madreporian1961 1900 G. C. Bourne in E. R. Lankester Treat. Zool. II. vi. 61 The anatomy of any Scleractinian resembles, in essential points, that of an Actinia. 1943 Spec. Papers Geol. Soc. Amer. No. 44. 90 The forerunners of most of the groups of the scleractinians are found in the Middle and Upper Triassic rocks. 1952 R. C. Moore et al. Invertebr. Fossils iv. 143/2 The scleractinians differ from rugose corals chiefly in the mode of addition of new septa. B. adj. Of or pertaining to such a coral or the group as a whole. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of or relating to the Anthozoa > belonging to order Zoantharia > relating to suborder Madreporaria madreporarian1870 scleractinian1900 1900 G. C. Bourne in E. R. Lankester Treat. Zool. II. vi. 80 In Heliopora the skeleton is not spicular but lamellar, resembling in structure that of the Scleractinian corals. 1943 Spec. Papers Geol. Soc. Amer. No. 44. 1 This revision is the result of a study of the genotype species..of nearly every described scleractinian genus... The distribution of fossil and recent scleractinian faunas is broadly analyzed. 1973 Nature 27 July 201/1 The thirty-six scleractinian species of coral found on the actively growing, fringing reefs along the western coast of Barbados are complemented by varied populations of sponges, anemones,..and cucumbers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.adj.1900 |
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