hydrozoan

• Animal acuático invertebrado del filo Cnidarios, típicamente de pequeño tamaño, que presenta una fase de pólipo colonial o de medusa. Incluye formas como las hidras y las colonias de hidroides, con un ciclo de vida en el que suele dominar la fase de pólipo.

A noun referring to a type of colonial coelenterate in which the polyp phase is dominant.

1. Colonial coelenterateC2formalscientific

   A type of small, often colonial aquatic animal belonging to the class Hydrozoa, characterized by a dominant polyp stage in its life cycle.

   Hidrozoo colonial

   • The hydrozoan colony attached itself to the underside of the dock.
   • Marine biologists studied the hydrozoan's unique reproductive cycle.
   • Many hydrozoans form intricate, branching structures on the ocean floor.

   Sinónimoshydroid