A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or structure.
Defn: Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa.
Defn: A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.
Defn: The middle layer of the gonophore in the Hydrozoa.
Defn: A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyræa.
A, A male gonophore still enclosed in its ectotheca.
B and C, Two views of a female gonophoreafter liberation.
It is evident that the outer envelope of the gonophore represents the ex-umbral ectoderm (ex.
If the bud, however, is destined to give rise not to a free medusa, but to a gonophore, the development is similar but becomes arrested at various points, according to the degree to which the gonophore is degenerate.
The gonophore is now reduced to its simplest condition, known as the sporosac (fig.
The question is one intimately connected with the view taken as to the nature and individuality of polyp, medusa and gonophore respectively.
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