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

“Finding really good hydroid experts is very difficult,” says James Carlton, a professor of marine sciences at Williams College and the director of the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012

Peterson is closely following the work of Daniel Martínez, a biologist at Pomona College and one of the world’s leading hydroid scholars.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012

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

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012

This gigantic creature grows from the small one, called a hydroid, represented in the small cut.

From Harper's Young People, November 18, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various