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Cryptomedusoid

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gonophorenoun(zoology) A medusoid bud on a hydroid.
meconidiumnoun(zoology) A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea (Campanulariidae), having tentacles, and otherwise resembling a free medusa, but remaining attached by a pedicel.
entocodonnounThe primordium of a medusa that develops from a gonophore
chalimusnounThe post-copepodid stage of a caligid parasite, having a frontal filament for attaching to the host
planoblastnoun(zoology) Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa.
neomesolophidnounA newly-formed mesolophid
perigonenoun(botany) perianth
acrocystnounA chitinous cyst of the gonophore at the top of the gonotheca in some hydroids
cephalontnounThe adult stage of cephaline gregarine
metacercarianounThe encysted stage of a trematode parasite (flukes) in the tissues of an intermediate host.
protoscolexnounThe juvenile scolex formed from the germinal layer of a hydatid metacestode.
nematothecanounA stem, in some hydroids, from which nematophores develop
miracidiumnoun(biology) A free-living motile form of a trematode, covered with cilia, which settles in a mollusc intermediate host to become a sporocyst
phorozooidnoun(biology) A zooid of the sexual generation of some free-swimming tunicates which though it becomes free-swimming does not mature sexually.
imagonoun(entomology) The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
zoogonidiumnounA gonidium that contains spores
rhombogenenoun(zoology) A dicyemid that produces infusoria-like embryos.
hydroeciumnounA sac attached onto a nectocalyx or swimming bell of specific types of oceanic hydrozoa.
dinocystnoun(biology) A dormant zygotic stage of the life cycle of dinoflagellates
ephyranoun(zoology) An immature medusoid stage of a scyphozoan jellyfish once it breaks off from its segmenting polyp.

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