hydrozoan

Noun

Meaning

colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant

Source: WordNet

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Scyphozoan and hydrozoan larvae have little yolk and most lack endosymbiotic algae, and therefore have to settle quickly and metamorphose into polyps. Source: Internet

Unlike the hydrozoan jellyfish, Hydromedusae, Scyphomedusae lack a vellum, which is a circular membrane beneath the umbrella that helps propels the (usually smaller) Hydromedusae through the water. Source: Internet

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