| 单词 | anthozoan |
| 释义 | anthozoan, n. and a. Zool.|ænθəʊˈzəʊən| [f. Anthozoa n. + -an.] A. n. An animal of the class Anthozoa of marine cnidarians, which includes sea anemones, corals, and sea-pens. B. adj. Of or pertaining to this class.
1877Proc. R. Soc. XXV. 93 (title) Preliminary note on the structure of the Stylasteridæ, a group of stony corals which..are Hydroids, and not Anthozoans. 1879H. N. Moseley Notes by Naturalist on ‘Challenger’ xx. 532 In the Anthozoan coral, each radiate system is the skeleton on one polyp animal. 1940L. H. Hyman Invertebrates I. vii. 538 As stomodaeum is an embryological term, this structure in adult anthozoans is best termed pharynx. Ibid., The anthozoan polyp is thus seen to differ from the hydrozoan polyp. 1979J. D. & J. J. George Marine Life 27/1 Anthozoans, although very common in tropical waters, occur in all seas of the world. 1987R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 5) v. 122/2 Some anthozoan nematocysts have a three-part tip that folds back on expulsion. |
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