hydroid

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An example is the colonial hydroid called an Obelia. The sessile polyp form has, in fact, two types of polyps, shown in Figure 3.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

But because there are so few hydroid experts, our understanding of these species is staggeringly incomplete.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012

In other hydroid species, the medusa dies after it spawns.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012

There are significantly more crab experts, for instance, than hydroid experts.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012

The same obtains of the Hydra and the related hydroid polyps, in which the neuro-muscular cells, or other distributed cells of the outer germ-layer, fulfil the soul-functions.

From Freedom in Science and Teaching. from the German of Ernst Haeckel by Huxley, Thomas Henry