10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZOANTHARIAN»
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A Guide to the Fossil Invertebrate Animals in the Department ...
Silurian Anthozoa, possibly Alcyonaria, Wenlock Limestone : Halysites, Aulopora
........... 52 22. Palaeozoic Anthozoa : Omphyma (from Prestwich) ; Syringopora . .
53 23. A Devonian operculate coral : Calceola ...... 54 24. Zoantharian corals of ...
British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology, Francis Arthur Bather, 1907
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A Naturalist in North Celebes: A Narrative of Travels in ...
The Alcyonarian polypes can be readily and easily distinguished from the
Zoantharian polypes. Whilst the Zoantharian polype possesses simple finger-like
tentacles, the Alcyonarian polype's tentacles are invariably provided with a
number of ...
Sydney John Hickson, 1889
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
In both places distinct zones of both zoantharian and alcyonarian coral occur on
some reefs and lagoons sheltered from continuous heavy surf. The same
zonation phenomenon was not observed in a transect of a continuously heavily ...
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The Popular Science Review
... the Tabulate Corals to the Hy- drozoa, as suggested by him and supported by
some other naturalists, would have been a mistake, the recent genus Pocillopora,
especially, proving to be a true Zoantharian allied to the well-known Oculinidae.
James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas, 1880
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Palaeontology Invertebrate
... is denied by other writers who point out that the skeleton is not formed of
spicules, but is similar in structure to that of Zoantharian corals, and further that
there is a close resemblance between Favorites and the living Zoantharian
Alveopora.
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The American Journal of Science
The chief interest in Mackenzia lies, however, in the fact that it is a limeless
Zoantharian which can be placed in a primitive position in relation to modern
corals. Hexacoralla pass through a Mackenzia-Edwardsia stage, and it is very
probable ...
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Animal colonies: development and function through time
A. G. Coates George Washington University William A. Oliver, Jr. U.S. Geological
Survey ABSTRACT Genera of colonial zoantharian corals have been more
numerous than solitary genera through most of Phanerozoic time even though ...
Richard S. Boardman, Alan H. Cheetham, William Albert Oliver, 1973
Zoantharian corals belong to order Scleractinia of subclass Zoantharia,
sometimes known as the true or stony corals. Stony corals might be described as
miniature sea anemones that live in calcareous cups they themselves have
secreted ...
Cleveland P. Hickman, Larry S. Roberts, Allan Larson, 2003
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Coelenterate Ecology and Behavior
... a toxin of filefish Alutera scripts, probably originating from a Zoantharian,
Palythoa tuberculosa. Bull. Jap. Soc. Sci. Fish., 35: 1086-1093. Herberts, C.,
1971. Itude syste"matique de quelques zoanthaires tempSres et tropicaux.
Tethys Supple.
... colony of Ptilosarcus, a sea pen (alcyonarian) (courtesy of B. Best); (c) Acro-
pora, the staghorn coral (zoantharian); (d) Dichosenia, the star coral (zoantharian
) with a Christmas tree worm (annelid); (e) Diploria, the brain coral (zoantharian);
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2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZOANTHARIAN»
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Friday Deep-Sea Picture: New Bamboo
... Dunbar of Stanford University was also part of the team that recovered the world's oldest animal from the same waters- a 4000 year old zoantharian gold coral. «Deep-Sea News, Mar 09»
Worlds oldest animal aged to 4000 years
If the living colony were to be decimated by a predatory sea star, for example, zoantharian larvae might recruit to the axis and re-establish themselves. This has ... «Deep-Sea News, Mar 09»
