-
hydrocaulus is
usually surrounded by a
sheath of
chitin and
proteins called the
perisarc. In some species, this
extends upwards to also
enclose part of the polyps...
- the
colony is
composed of a coenosarc,
which is
covered by a
protective perisarc. The next
generation of the life
cycle begins when the
medusae are released...
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Their hydranths grow
either solitary or in colonies.
There is no firm
perisarc around the
polyp body. The medusae, or jellyfish, are
solitary animals...
- diameter, as well as
their smaller hydrothecal cusps and
relatively thinner perisarc thickness. Some
morphological traits are hard to
distinguish across species...
- saprophyte,
saprotrophic sarc-
flesh Gr**** σάρξ, σαρκός (sárx, sarkós)
perisarc, sarcasm, sarcastic, sarcocele, sarcoid, sarcoidosis, sarcoma, sarcophagus...
-
tubes enveloping a
branch from a
coenosarcal strand and
wedged in
between older tubes, peri. =
perisarc, ram.1/2/3 =
short bearing hydranths, st. = stem....
- saprophyte,
saprotrophic sarc-
flesh Gr**** σάρξ, σαρκός (sárx, sarkós)
perisarc, sarcasm, sarcastic, sarcocele, sarcoid, sarcoidosis, sarcoma, sarcophagus...
- layer) and
perisarc (inner layer) or
corneous (just
perisarc). The
exoskeleton contains anchoring structures such as
desmocytes and "
perisarc extensions...
- and are
usually protected in a
peridermal (i.e.
belonging to a
hydroid perisarc) gonotheca.
Medusae forming on
fully developed hydranths are extremely...
-
Bougainvillia aberrans consists of the
hydroid colony with soft
curly perisarc polysiphonic hydrocaulus,
hydranths including 16
tentacles maximum, and...
