Difference between revisions of "hydrotheca"

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|definition=([[Cnidaria]]: Hydrozoa) Peridermal cups into which most or all of the hydranth can retract, may be provided with an operculum; in some Thecata, the cup may be reduced to a mere platform supporting the hydranth.
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|definition=([[Cnidaria]]: [[Hydrozoa]]) Peridermal cups into which most or all of the [[hydranth]] can retract, may be provided with an [[operculum]]; in some Thecata, the [[cup]] may be reduced to a mere platform supporting the [[hydranth]].
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Latest revision as of 23:40, 13 September 2013

hydrotheca (noun; Greek hydor, water; theke, case): (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) Peridermal cups into which most or all of the hydranth can retract, may be provided with an operculum; in some Thecata, the cup may be reduced to a mere platform supporting the hydranth.