Definition of Sporosacs. Meaning of Sporosacs. Synonyms of Sporosacs

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Definition of Sporosacs

Sporosac
Sporosac Spo"ro*sac, n. [Spore + sac.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or structure. See Illust. under Athecata. (b) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia.

Meaning of Sporosacs from wikipedia

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- develop into medusae or into sessile sporosacs. In the superfamily Plumularioidea, they usually occur as fixed sporosacs (i.e. gonop****s held in place and...
- mouth rising from a cluster of yellow bead-like bunches of reproductive sporosacs. This species is native to the Atlantic coast of North America, and also...
- extremely rare; usually the gonop****s develop into medusae or into sessile sporosacs. The medusae have a shallow bell, bear the gonads on their radial canals...
- the gonop****s, with each colony being either male or female. The male sporosacs grow on unreduced hydranths, there being up to five per hydranth, each...
- daisy-like polyp with sp**** tentacles surrounding a group of reproductive sporosacs which in turn surround the pink and white oral tentacles. The body of...
- of fine tentacles. The gonop****s are free-living medusae or are fixed sporosacs. The medusae are bell-shaped with a circular mouth and branched oral tentacles...
- maturity at a rapid rate. Their reproductive sacs are noted to be the sporosacs type rather than the Medusae. They are pre**** upon by the nudibranch Dendrontous...
- although some species' colonies are stolonal. Their gonop****s are typically sporosacs, growing singly or bunched into a glomulus. They remain attached to the...
- protective hydrocladia or appendages. The gonop****s are usually fixed sporosacs, more rarely they are rather reduced medusoids. "WoRMS - World Register...