A large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed.
1Now, throughout this sub-division of the Actinozoa phosphorescence is a very general phenomenon.
2Huxley's Actinozoa comprised the sea-anemones, corals and sea-pens, on the one hand, and the Ctenophora on the other.
3Shunting "Actinozoa" to "Coelenterata" would do no harm, and would have the great merit of letting me breathe a little.
4But if you think better that "Actinozoa" should come in its place under A, I will try what I can do.
5He suggests at once that "Hydrozoa" and "Actinozoa," in his list, should be dealt with by the writer of the article "Coelenterata."]
6(Others were "Actinozoa," "Amphibia," "Animal Kingdom," and "Biology.")
Translations for Actinozoa