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

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

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012

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

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012

“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

Mr. Clark, one of my assistants, has made very good drawings of all its stages of growth, and of various other hydroid medusae peculiar to this coast.

From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Agassiz, Louis