siphonozooid

siphonozooid
n. [Gr. siphon, tube; zoon, animal; eidos, form]
(CNIDARIA: Anthozoa)
A small, modified polyp with reduced or lacking tentacles, having a well developed siphonoglyph to propel water through the canal system of the colony.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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