noun
definition
A marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa, such as a sea anemone or coral
Examples of anthozoan in a Sentence
Stylaster has cyclosystems. In Allopora the cyclostems resemble the calyces of Anthozoan corals.
The most familiar Anthozoan is the common sea-anemone, Actinia equina, L., and it will serve, although it does not form a skeleton or corallum, as a good example of the structure of a typical Anthozoan polyp or zooid.
In Actinia, as in all Anthozoan zooids, the coelenteron is not a simple cavity, as in a Hydroid, but is divided by a number of radial folds or curtains of soft tissue into a corresponding number of radial chambers.
In the common sea-anemone, Actinia equina (which has already been quoted as a type of Anthozoan structure), the mesenteries are numerous and are arranged in cycles.