campanularian, a. and n. Zool.
(ˌkæmpænjuːˈlɛərɪən)
[f. campanularia + -an.]
Pertaining to, a hydroid of, the genus Campanularia or to calyptoblast hydroids generally. So campanuˈlaridan.
| 1868 T. Hincks Brit. Hydroid Zoophytes p. iv, Some very skilfully mounted specimens of Campanularian and other zoophytes. 1883 Science I. 197/1 The Leptomedusæ..from the campanularian hydroids. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 247 In addition to the possession of hydrothecae, a Campanularian differs from a Tubularian in three important respects. Ibid. 766 The destruction of Campanularidan colonies by parasitic Protophytes. 1898 Naturalist 218 The empty campanularian cups. 1940 L. H. Hyman Invertebrates I. vii. 370 Calyptoblastea or Leptomedusae or Thecophora, the campanularian hydroids. |