Anthozoan.

Brit.

/anθəˈzəʊə/, U.S.

/ˌænθəˈzoʊə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Anthozoa.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Anthozoa (C. G. Ehrenberg 1831) < antho- antho- comb. form + -zoa -zoa comb. form.

Zoology.

With plural or singular agreement: a large class of marine cnidarian invertebrates comprising forms which are predominantly sessile and lack a medusoid stage in the life cycle, including sea anemones, sea pens, and most kinds of coral.

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Anthozoa1837

1837 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 127 389 A similar discovery..by Ehrenberg..was taken by him as the basis of his classification of Polypes, dividing these animals into two principal groups, Anthozoa and Bryozoa.

1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 216 The calcareous skeletons of some Anthozoa.

1864 H. Spencer Illustr. Progress 345 The wide range which the Anthozoa are known to have.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 794/2 In Anthozoa..the reproductive function and the function of excretion are largely the work of the endoderm cells.

1968 J. Bouillon in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. ii. i. 89 The Anthozoa are colonial or solitary, generally fixed, with or without a skeleton.

1996 J. Rifkin in J. A. Williamson et al. Venomous & Poisonous Marine Animals viii. 181/1 Anthozoa is by far the largest class of the phylum Cnidaria and exhibits the widest diversity of form and colour.

2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. vi. 218 ‘Corals’ manifest as ‘true’ or stony corals, plus soft corals, thorny corals, fire corals, milleporan corals, and so on—between them spread across several orders of Anthozoa and Hydrozoa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anthozoa
释义	Anthozoan. Brit. /anθəˈzəʊə/, U.S. /ˌænθəˈzoʊə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Anthozoa. Etymology: < scientific Latin Anthozoa (C. G. Ehrenberg 1831) < antho- antho- comb. form + -zoa -zoa comb. form. Zoology. With plural or singular agreement: a large class of marine cnidarian invertebrates comprising forms which are predominantly sessile and lack a medusoid stage in the life cycle, including sea anemones, sea pens, and most kinds of coral. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa Anthozoa1837 1837 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 127 389 A similar discovery..by Ehrenberg..was taken by him as the basis of his classification of Polypes, dividing these animals into two principal groups, Anthozoa and Bryozoa. 1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 216 The calcareous skeletons of some Anthozoa. 1864 H. Spencer Illustr. Progress 345 The wide range which the Anthozoa are known to have. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 794/2 In Anthozoa..the reproductive function and the function of excretion are largely the work of the endoderm cells. 1968 J. Bouillon in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. ii. i. 89 The Anthozoa are colonial or solitary, generally fixed, with or without a skeleton. 1996 J. Rifkin in J. A. Williamson et al. Venomous & Poisonous Marine Animals viii. 181/1 Anthozoa is by far the largest class of the phylum Cnidaria and exhibits the widest diversity of form and colour. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. vi. 218 ‘Corals’ manifest as ‘true’ or stony corals, plus soft corals, thorny corals, fire corals, milleporan corals, and so on—between them spread across several orders of Anthozoa and Hydrozoa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1837
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