"Dactylozooid" is a word in ENGLISH

The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.

One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophora.

One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.

One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other zooids of certain Siphonophora.

The Acalephae; one of the classes of coelenterates, including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora.

A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.

One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a …

That portion of the axis which bears the nectocalyces in the Siphonophora.

A genus of large oceanic Siphonophora which includes the Portuguese man-of-war.

An order of Siphonophora which includes Physalia.

An order of Siphonophora, furnished with an air sac, or float, and a series of nectocalyces. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.

The division of Siphonophora which includes the Physalia and allied genera; -- called also Pneumatophorae.

A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and disk-shaped, …

An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some …

One of the Siphonophora.

Belonging to the Siphonophora.

One of the Siphonophora.

A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.

One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, …

Any species of oceanic Siphonophora belonging to the genus Velella.