Definition of Gonotheca. Meaning of Gonotheca. Synonyms of Gonotheca

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Definition of Gonotheca

Gonotheca
Gonotheca Gon`o*the"ca, n.; pl. Gonothec?. [NL., fr. Gr. ? offspring + ? box.] (Zo["o]l.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian.

Meaning of Gonotheca from wikipedia

- Oldenlandia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is pantropical in distribution and has about 240 species. The type species for the...
- colony. In some species, the reproductive polyps, known as gonozooids (or "gonotheca" in thecate hydrozoans) bud off a****ually produced medusae. These tiny...
- family Campanulariidae because development begins from a bud within the gonotheca. Eventually the buds are lost, and subsequent development shares resemblances...
- Sars, 1863 Terebella littoralis Dalyell, 1853 Terebella pectoralis Quatre****es, 1866 Terebella prudens Quatre****es, 1866 Wartelia gonotheca Giard, 1878...
- Tribe: ****coceae Genus: Leptopetalum Hook. & Arn. Type species Leptopetalum mexicanum Hook. & Arn. Synonyms Gonotheca Blume ex DC. Thecagonum Babu...
- borne on much reduced hydranths and usually protected in a peridermal gonotheca. Medusae forming on fully developed hydranths are extremely rare; usually...
- of a gonotheca suggests the presence of a gonangia, which is the structure through which hydrozoans are able to a****ually reproduce. The gonotheca of H...
- Torr. & A.Gray 1842, illegitimate homonym not L. ex J.E. Smith 1821 Bikera Adans. Tetragono**** Scheele Gonotheca Raf. 1818, not Blume ex DC. 1830...
- Binomial name Leptopetalum biflorum (L.) Neupane & N.Wikstr. Synonyms Gonotheca biflora (L.) Masam. Hedyotis biflora (L.) Lam. Oldenlandia biflora L....
- red and in spring (mainly), red or pink gonotheca grow between the inner set of oral tentacles. The gonotheca has been described as "part of hydroid producing...