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Tubularia (gcide) | Tubularia \Tu`bu*la"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Zool.)
A genus of hydroids having large, naked, flowerlike hydranths
at the summits of long, slender, usually simple, stems. The
gonophores are small, and form clusters at the bases of the
outer tentacles.
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Tubulariae (gcide) | Tubulariae \Tu`bu*la"ri*ae\, n. pl. [NL.]
See Tubularida.
[1913 Webster]Tubularida \Tu"bu*lar`i*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; --
called also Athecata, Gymnoblastea, and Tubulariae.
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Tubularian (gcide) | Tubularian \Tu`bu*la"ri*an\, n. (Zool.)
Any hydroid belonging to the suborder Tubularida.
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Note: These hydroids usually form tufts of delicate tubes,
and both gonophores and hydranths are naked. The
gonophores of many of the species become free
jellyfishes; those of other species remain permanently
attached as medusoid buds or sporosacs. See Illust.
under Gonosome, and Cymnoblastea.
[1913 Webster]Tubularian \Tu`bu*la"ri*an\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the tubularians.
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