单词 | anthozoan |
释义 | anthozoanadj.n. Zoology. A. adj. Of or relating to the class Anthozoa of marine cnidarians, which includes sea anemones, sea pens, and most kinds of coral. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of or relating to the Anthozoa anthozoic1843 anthozoan1844 anthozooid1851 actinozoal1861 actinozoan1885 madreporid1897 madreporidan1899 1844 G. A. Mantell Medals of Creation I. viii. 306 The limestones of the Carboniferous and Silurian systems also abound in anthozoan corals.. 1879 H. N. Moseley Notes by Naturalist on ‘Challenger’ xx. 532 In the Anthozoan coral, each radiate system is the skeleton of one polyp animal. 1940 L. H. Hyman Invertebrates I. vii. 538 The anthozoan polyp is thus seen to differ from the hydrozoan polyp. 1987 R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 5) v. 122/2 Some anthozoan nematocysts have a three-part tip that folds back on expulsion. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. vi. 212 In anthozoan and scyphozoan polyps the coelenteron is partially divided by vertical partitions called mesenteries. B. n. An animal of the class Anthozoa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > member of coral1579 animal flower1750 sea-coralline1753 coralline1779 flower-animals1840 corallum1846 anthozoon1849 actinozoon1864 anthozoan1865 actinozoan1876 1865 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 1861–5 1 236 I have an anthozoan from the carstone of Hunstanton; its species unknown to me. 1877 Proc. Royal Soc. 1876–7 25 93 (title) Preliminary note on the structure of the Stylasteridæ, a group of stony corals which..are Hydroids, and not Anthozoans. 1940 L. H. Hyman Invertebrates I. vii. 538 As stomodaeum is an embryological term, this structure in adult anthozoans is best termed pharynx. 1979 J. D. & J. J. George Marine Life 27/1 Anthozoans, although very common in tropical waters, occur in all seas of the world. 2011 J. D. Fish & S. Fish Student's Guide Seashore (ed. 3) 86 Both polyp and medusa forms have been suggested as ancestral cnidarians but molecular evidence suggests that the anthozoans are the most primitive and that they arose from the sponges. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1844 |
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