hydranth meaning

• Noun: hydranth
  1. One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony

  Derived forms: hydranths

• The gonophores in the family Corymorphidae are borne above aboral tentacles, either directly issuing from hydranth wall or on blastostyles.
• The gonophores in the family Cladocorynidae are carried singly or on short, branched pedicels on the lower or middle part of the hydranth.
• In the " " ramosa " " form, this cup is larger and the hydranth can almost completely retreat inside it.
• They develop on the aboral part of the hydranth below the tentacle covered region, either directly on the hydranth or on spindle-shaped blastostyles.
• They develop on the aboral part of the hydranth below the tentacle covered region, either directly on the hydranth or on spindle-shaped blastostyles.
• The gonophores in the family Hydrocorynidae are borne in clusters on proximal part of hydranth body or develop from "'hydrorhiza "'( i . e . the stalk of a colony ).
• Gonophores are borne on branching stalks that grow out as a ring from the "'hydranth "'( i . e . the hydroid polyp, bearing a mouth, digestive cavity and tentacles ) wall.

• "hydranth" meaning in Chinese: n. 【动物；动物学】水螅体。
• "hydranth" meaning in Japanese: {名} : ヒドロ花
• "hydranth" meaning in Russian: 1) _зоол. полип, гидрант