Anthozoa

An`tho`zo´a

n. pl.

1.

(Zool.) The class of the Cœlenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Anthozoa - a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed Actinozoa, class Actinozoa, class Anthozoa Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum Cnidaria, phylum Coelenterata - hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals actinozoan, anthozoan - sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed Actinaria, Actiniaria, order Actinaria, order Actiniaria - sea anemones Alcyonaria, order Alcyonaria - corals and sea anemones having eight branches Madreporaria, order Madreporaria - stony corals class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders